Heritage Places
Town by town, what actually remains of Jewish and crypto-Jewish life across Portugal and Spain — and how each place is visited on a private journey.
Jewish Heritage in Belmonte: The Community That Survived in Secret
Visit Belmonte, the Serra da Estrela town where a crypto-Jewish community preserved its faith in secret for over four centuries after 1497.
Tomar and Its Medieval Synagogue: A Sephardic Landmark in the Templar Town
Explore the 15th-century Tomar synagogue, one of Portugal's best-preserved medieval Jewish buildings, now home to the Abraão Zacuto museum.
Trancoso: A Walled Frontier Town and Its Sephardic Doorways
See Trancoso's walled Judiaria, marked doorways and inscribed lintels, remnants of a substantial medieval Jewish community in the Beira region.
Castelo de Vide: The Best-Preserved Judiaria on the Spanish Frontier
Walk Castelo de Vide's whitewashed Judiaria and visit its 13th-century synagogue, among the oldest and most complete Jewish quarters in Portugal.
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