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IntersectionLieuXIIe–XVe siècle

Region: Portugal (Beira Baixa)

Intersection register · custodian, not owner

Penamacor, a fortified town in Beira Baixa in Portugal, had a medieval juderia documented in royal archives. Traces of the Jewish street still survive in the town, bearing witness to the presence of an active community before the forced conversions of 1497.

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Penamacor give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

Notable figures of this place

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