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Open to the Public Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Guarda

Medieval Judiaria of Castelo Rodrigo

Medieval Jewish quarter linked to Rua da Sinagoga and Rua da Cadeia.

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Access by Appointment Museums 🇵🇹 Guarda

Centro Interpretativo Ephraim Bueno

Interpretive centre on Ephraim Bueno and Jewish heritage in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo.

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Uncertain Location Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Judiaria de Castelo Branco

Medieval Jewish quarter linked to Rua D’Ega and Rua da Misericórdia.

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Open to the Public Museums 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Casa da Memória da Presença Judaica

Municipal museum on Jewish and New Christian memory in Castelo Branco.

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Open to the Public Memorials 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Statue of Amato Lusitano

Public statue honouring Amato Lusitano, Jewish physician of Renaissance Europe.

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Open to the Public Memorials 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Diáspora Memorial

Public memorial to Amato Lusitano and victims of intolerance.

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Uncertain Location Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Jewish Quarter of Penamacor

Probable former Jewish quarter near Rua de São Pedro, with uncertain limits.

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Access by Appointment Museums 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Casa da Memória da Medicina Sefardita Ribeiro Sanches

A Penamacor museum on Sephardic medicine and New Christian memory.

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Access by Appointment Museums 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches

New Christian physician from Penamacor and figure of the Sephardic diaspora.

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Uncertain Location Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Judiaria de Covilhã

Documented medieval Jewish quarter in Covilhã’s historic center.

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Existing Objects 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Jewish Objects at the National Museum of Archaeology

Jewish-related objects and Hebrew records preserved in Portugal’s archaeology museum.

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Existing Hebraic Toponymy 🇵🇹 Azores

Porto Judeu

Jewish-related toponymic settlement on Terceira Island in the Azores.

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Existing Museums 🇵🇹 Azores

Sahar Hassamain Synagogue

1836 synagogue of Ponta Delgada’s Moroccan Sephardic Jewish community

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Access by Appointment Archaeological Remains 🇵🇹 Coimbra

Judiaria Velha de Coimbra

Medieval Jewish quarter of Coimbra with documentary and archaeological evidence.

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General Area Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Leiria

Judiaria de Óbidos

Medieval Jewish quarter documented by a synagogue reference from 1333.

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Lost Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Judiaria de Torres Vedras

Medieval Jewish quarter documented around Rua dos Celeiros de Santa Maria.

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Location Identified Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Judiaria de Alenquer

Medieval Jewish community and cemetery memory in Alenquer.

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Existing Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Santarem

Judiaria de Tomar

Medieval Jewish quarter of Tomar, centered on today’s Rua Dr. Joaquim Jacinto

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Existing Museums 🇵🇹 Guarda

Casa da Memória Judaica da Raia Sabugalense

Museum on Sabugal’s Jewish and crypto-Jewish border history.

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Access by Appointment Synagogues 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Bet Eliahu Synagogue

Modern synagogue of Belmonte’s reconstituted Jewish community, opened in 1996.

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