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Museu Judaico de Belmonte

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Museu Judaico de Belmonte

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Rua da Portela, 4, Belmonte 6250-088 Portugal
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Private full-day tour to Serra da Estrela, the longest mountain in Portugal with 2,000 meters of altitude.<br><br>Departing and returning to Lisbon, this private tour lasts approximately 10 hours.<br><br>You will get to know the city of Covilhã, Penhas da Saúde, in the middle of Serra da Estrela, the Tower, the highest point in Portugal with 2,000 meters of altitude, the Glacier Valley of the river Zézere, the village of Manteigas and the city of Belmonte. , refuge of the Jews during World War II and hometown of Pedro Álvares Cabral.<br><br>
€250.00 per adult
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Absolutely Fascinating
The story of the Jewish community of Belmonte, the Crypto-Jews is unbelievable. Forced to convert to Christianity, this small community kept their traditional practices alive over four centuries!
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Date of experience: February 2020
Total surprise
We were booked for an overnight stay in Belmonte with plans to explore the nearby mountains. It was a surprise to discover a community of Jews who had taken refuge and gone into hiding for 500 years. The story of their coming out just thirty years ago, well told in this small…
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Date of experience: September 2019
Interesting
We are Jewish and this was a definate stop for us. Independently of creed, this is history and the jewish plight going west is a very interesting story and how they managed to withhold their beliefs during such a violent period is quite amazing. Worth the visit.
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Date of experience: July 2019
Moving & inspiring
The museum is not full of things, but it present a very unique story of the Jews in Portugal. Like a fairy tale, unbelievable. Than we visited a Jewish shop just near by. It’s a mast. Talk to the family there. God bless them all.
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Date of experience: July 2019
Extraordinarily well done museum
This tiny collection is a beautifully curated museum done chronologically as well as thematically. While there are parts that are only in Portuguese, much is also in English and thoughtfully done so that anyone can visit if you are an English speaker. We were privilleged to…
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Date of experience: May 2019
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