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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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Existing Memorials 🇵🇹 Braga

Olive Tree in Memory of the 60th Anniversary of Auschwitz’s Liberation

Olive tree and plaque marking Auschwitz’s liberation anniversary in Braga.

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Existing Historical Sites 🇵🇹 Braga

Igreja de São João do Souto

Church linked to Francisco Sanches’s baptism in Braga.

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Existing Hebraic Toponymy 🇵🇹 Faro

Malhada do Judeu

Rural Jewish-related place-name in the municipality of Tavira.

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Existing Cultural Centers 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Jewish Cultural Center Rua da Judiaria & JCC Lisbon

Jewish cultural institution founded in Lisbon’s old Judiaria of Alfama.

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Lost Lost Sites 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Shaar Hashamaim

Former synagogue founded in 1813 on today’s Travessa do Ferragial.

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Existing Museums 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Jewish Museum of Belmonte

Portugal’s first Jewish museum on Belmonte’s crypto-Jewish history.

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Existing Cemeteries 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Ancient Jewish Cemetery of Estrela

Former Jewish cemetery (1801–1865) within the British Cemetery of Estrela.

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Existing Cemeteries 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Ancient Jewish Cemetery of Estrela

Former Jewish cemetery (1801–1865) within the British Cemetery of Estrela.

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Open to the Public Museums 🇵🇹 Evora

The House of the Inquisition

Interactive center on Jewish history and New Christians in Monsaraz.

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Existing Lost Sites 🇵🇹 Lisbon

The Estaus and the Forced Baptism of 1497

Rossio and the former Estaus, focal site of Lisbon’s 1497 forced baptisms.

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Existing Historical Sites 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Photographia Ingleza (J. & M. Lazarus)

Documented Rua Ivens address of the Lazarus brothers’ Lisbon photo studio.

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