Porto
Portugal

Resembling Lisbon, the Jewish population of Porto, sustained great growth with the forge of the kingdom of Portugal, when all the circumstances and incentives were ideal, for whoever established themselves in the city with the intent to increase population.

The Jewish History of Porto

With thriving economic and cultural growth, the Jewish community expanded and spread throughout three Jewish quarters, two of which located inside the city walls. The New Jewish quarter of the Olival is where you can still find trace of the Jewish presence in the city. It is thought that the synagogue was in the place that today holds de Monastery of São Bento da Vitória, where in the vicinities, was recently discovered a Hejal in a building that could have been a secret synagogue.