Monte Judeu is a toponym currently used in Portimão to designate a residential and rural area associated with postal code 8500-141, with local reference to Municipal Road 532 and to streets such as Praceta de Jacob, Praceta de Ester, and Rua de Abraão. This set of names reinforces, at a symbolic level, the connection of the area to biblical and Jewish memory within the contemporary urban landscape.
In the Algarve, toponyms containing the word “judeu” frequently appear in rural contexts, related to fields, hills, and paths, and are commonly read as markers of territorial memory. They preserve the remembrance of past connections to land, property, agricultural work, and landscapes of local production and circulation. Monte Judeu fits within this toponymic layer, linking the present-day map to historical Jewish and New Christian presences in the region, even when the place itself does not retain a direct material trace.
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Sources & Bibliography
- DUARTE, Maria João Raminhos. Os judeus do Algarve e o Holocausto. Do paraíso ao inferno. 1ª ed. Local: Lisboa. Editora: Colibri. Ano: 2024
- SANTOS, Marco Sousa. Vestígios da presença judaica no Algarve. Local: Vila Real de Santo António. Editora: JAmagazine, parte integrante do Jornal do Algarve, n.º 3066. Ano: 2015
- Código Postal. Código Postal de Urbanização Monte Judeu. Local: Portimão. Editora: Código-Postal.pt. Ano: n.d
- ANACOM. Concelho / Freguesia. Local: n.d. Editora: Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações. Ano: n.d
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