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Lost Historical Sites 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

New Christians of Monsanto / Inquisition Visitations

New Christian community documented through Inquisition visitations and arrests.

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Open to the Public Hebraic Toponymy 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Jewish Street of Medelim

Rua da Judiaria preserves Medelim’s Jewish memory through local toponymy.

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Uncertain Location Historical Sites 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

New Christians of Fundão

Inquisition records of New Christian family networks in Fundão.

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Lost Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Judiaria do Fundão / Bairro de Santo António

Historic Jewish quarter near Santo António, documented in late medieval Fundão.

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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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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 Museums 🇵🇹 Castelo Branco

Jewish Museum of Belmonte

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

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