Gallery Sephardic Artifacts, Sephardic Jewish Artifacts from Portugal

Fascinating pictorial evidence of the strong Jewish presence in Portugal. Ancient Portuguese Synagogues, Candelabras, Sephardic Torah Scrolls, Artifacts, Mezuzas & Inverted Cross Markings on door posts of New Christian homes.

Sephardic Jewish Portugal
 
Sephardic Jewish Portugal
New Christian House in Portugal: Mezuzah holder on the concrete door frame.
 
New Christian House in Portugal: Mezuzah holder on the concrete door frame.
Memorial plaque of the 3000 Portuguese Jews who were murdered in the 'Rossio' square Lisbon in 1506.
 
Memorial plaque of the 3000 Portuguese Jews who were murdered in the 'Rossio' square Lisbon in 1506.
Portuguese Sephardic Synagogue 14th, 15th cent. in Obidos, Portugal
 
Portuguese Sephardic Synagogue 14th, 15th cent. in Obidos, Portugal
Sahar Hassamain Synagogue in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
 
Sahar Hassamain Synagogue in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Portuguese Sephardic Synagogue: Engraved Star of David on a concrete wall dating back 4 or 5 hundred years.
 
Portuguese Sephardic Synagogue: Engraved Star of David on a concrete wall dating back 4 or 5 hundred years.
Shearith Israel Portuguese Spanish Sephardic Synagogue of New York
 
Shearith Israel Portuguese Spanish Sephardic Synagogue of New York
A modified cross inscribed on the wall outside of froma New Christian home dated in the mid 1700's
 
A modified cross inscribed on the wall outside of froma New Christian home dated in the mid 1700's
Portuguese & Spanish Synagogue of Amsterdam, Holland, also known as the Esnoga
 
Portuguese & Spanish Synagogue of Amsterdam, Holland, also known as the Esnoga
A key from the home of a Portuguese New Christian (notice the tip is a Menorah)
 
A key from the home of a Portuguese New Christian (notice the tip is a Menorah)
Torah Scroll found near the town of Covilha, Portugal
 
Torah Scroll found near the town of Covilha, Portugal
A Candelabra inscribed on the concrete wall next to a Portuguese synagogue.
 
A Candelabra inscribed on the concrete wall next to a Portuguese synagogue.
The Bevis Marks Portuguese,Spanish Synagogue built in 1701,
 
The Bevis Marks Portuguese,Spanish Synagogue built in 1701,
The 'Lion of Judah' at the 'House of the Black Cat' in the heavily Jewish influenced town of Trancoso, Portugal.
 
The 'Lion of Judah' at the 'House of the Black Cat' in the heavily Jewish influenced town of Trancoso, Portugal.
Hebrew Writing on a Stone Slab from a Synagogue in Tomar, Portugal
 
Hebrew Writing on a Stone Slab from a Synagogue in Tomar, Portugal
Medieval Sephardic Synagogue of the 13th / 14th century in Castelo de Vide, Portugal
 
Medieval Sephardic Synagogue of the 13th / 14th century in Castelo de Vide, Portugal
Mezuzah Holder on New Christian home in Portugal.
 
Mezuzah Holder on New Christian home in Portugal.
Medieval 13th / 14th century Sephardic Synagogue in Castelo de Vide, Portugal
 
Medieval 13th / 14th century Sephardic Synagogue in Castelo de Vide, Portugal
Sephardic house in Portugal: Concrete door frame engraving of a modified cross.
 
Sephardic house in Portugal: Concrete door frame engraving of a modified cross.
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