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Not a Jewish Attraction Hebraic Toponymy 🇵🇹 Faro

Monte Judeu

Jewish-related place-name used for a residential and rural area in Portimão.

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Lost Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Faro

Possible Site of Portimão’s Jewish Quarter

Probable area of Portimão’s medieval Jewish quarter.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Temple Emanu-El

Historic Reform synagogue on Fifth Avenue, founded in 1845.

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Lost Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Faro

Faro Jewish Quarter

Medieval Jewish quarter in Faro’s old walled town, later overwritten by convent constructi

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Lost Lost Sites 🇵🇹 Faro

Samuel Gacon and the Faro Pentateuch

Approximate site linked to the 1487 Hebrew Pentateuch issued under Samuel Gacon.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Central Synagogue

Moorish Revival Reform synagogue and historic landmark in Midtown Manhattan.

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Existing Cemeteries 🇵🇹 Faro

Faro Jewish Cemetery

19th-century Jewish cemetery and small museum in Faro.

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Uncertain Location Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Faro

Alcoutim Medieval Jewish Quarter

Documented medieval Jewish quarter of Alcoutim, exact location uncertain.

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Existing Hebraic Toponymy 🇵🇹 Faro

Judeu Morto

Castro Marim locality linked to the Fonte do Judeu Morto place-name.

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Existing Hebraic Toponymy 🇵🇹 Faro

Fonte do Judeu Morto

Rural toponym near Rio Seco linked to a local legend about “the Jew”.

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Uncertain Location Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Faro

Former Jewish Quarter of Castro Marim

Former medieval Jewish quarter behind Castro Marim Castle.

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Open to the Public Synagogues 🇺🇸 New York

Congregation Shearith Israel

Historic synagogue of North America’s first Jewish congregation.

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Lost Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Faro

Former Jewish Quarter of Tavira

Former medieval Jewish quarter of Tavira.

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General Area Hebraic Toponymy 🇵🇹 Faro

Sinagoga

Rural Tavira toponym linked to a possible Jewish memory.

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Existing Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Lisbon

Judiaria of Sintra

Medieval Jewish quarter preserved in Sintra’s Beco da Judiaria.

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Existing Statues 🇵🇹 Braga

Statue of Francisco Sanches

Bronze statue of the New Christian philosopher Francisco Sanches in Braga.

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Existing Epigraphy 🇵🇹 Braga

Hebrew Inscription

Medieval Hebrew fragment preserving א ת ה in Braga’s Judiaria Nova.

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Existing Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Braga

Jewish Quarter of Braga

Medieval Jewish quarter documented through Cabido property records.

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Lost Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Braga

Judiaria Velha de Braga

Medieval Jewish quarter of Braga linked to Rua da Erva.

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Lost Jewish Quarters 🇵🇹 Santarem

Santarem Jewish Quarter

Historic area of Santarem’s medieval Jewish quarter.

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