Ignacio Javier Bona Lopez

Author’s Biography

Ignacio Javier Bona López is an archaeologist, historian, and cultural disseminator. He has dedicated decades to the protection, dissemination, and recovery of the Hispano-Jewish heritage in Aragon, especially in Tarazona and Calatayud. For many years he was president of the Center for Turiasonensian Studies and has been coordinator of affiliates of the Fernando el Católico Institution, as well as manager of the Tourism Board of the Provincial Council of Zaragoza.

He was also president of Tarbut Sefarad Calatayud and a founding member of the Association of Friends of the Jewish Culture of Tarazona Moshe de Portella. In addition, he coordinated the “Espacio Sefarad” space in the Provincial Council of Zaragoza and has collaborated with Heraldo de Aragón, Aragón Radio, El Periódico de Aragón, and Radio SER Tarazona, among other media.

Bona López has promoted innovative projects of visual and historical reconstruction using new technologies, such as Historias de Calatayud y Tarazona en pocos minutos (Stories of Calatayud and Tarazona in a Few Minutes), through his YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram channels.

This book is part of his lifelong commitment to giving voice to the silenced stories of history.

He is also the author of several works dedicated to recovering forgotten voices, including La Judería medieval de Tarazona (The Medieval Jewish Quarter of Tarazona), La Judería de Calatayud (The Jewish Quarter of Calatayud), Inteligencia Artificial aplicada al Patrimonio (Artificial Intelligence Applied to Heritage), and Maderuela. Ecos del Moncayo (Maderuela. Echoes of the Moncayo).