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Vila Cova à Coelheira
This village, located outside Vila Nova de Paiva, welcomes a small that is dedicated to the history of the presence of the Jewish community in the region. Located in an eighteenth-century ...
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Braganca
Bragança is a medieval hilltop town in northern Portugal, 22 kilometres from Spain. Although there seems to be no record of a Jewish presence in Bragança in the 12th century, the royal privileges ...
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Úbeda
Located an hour drive from Jaen, Úbeda’s story is similar to the one of the Jewish community in Jaen. But since the accidental discovery of -maybe the most ancient synagogue in the country- ...
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Synagogue of Water
Calle Roque Rojas, 2, 23400 Úbeda Tel: +44 953758150 INICIO – English – Sinagoga del Agua
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Maestra street
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Jaen Cathedral
Plaza de Santa María, s/n, 23002 Jaén Tel: +34 953 23 42 33 Catedral de Jaén – Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen (catedraldejaen.org)
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Baeza Gate
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Calle del Gato
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Santa Clara street
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San Andres street
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Santa Cruz street
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Jaen
The presence of a Jewish community in Jaen is first recorded in 612, when a king’s edict forbade Jews to own Christian slaves. If the Jewish population reached its peak during the seventh ...
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Izmir
It is unknown how far in the past a Jewish community existed in Izmir. When we speak of the Jews of Izmir, usually the Sephardic Jews who immigrated from Spain and Portugal between 1492 and 1497 ...
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Compiègne
On 23 February 2008, the Compiègne Internment and Deportation Memorial was inaugurated on the site of the former Royallieu camp in Compiègne. Since then, 90,000 visitors have crossed the ...
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Ingwiller
The Jewish presence in Ingwiller seems to date from 1347, the date of an administrative document attesting to this. Under the regency of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg, they enjoyed greater ...
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Hochfelden
The Jewish presence in Hochfelden seems to date from the 16th century. Built in 1841 and a historical monument since 1996, the of Hochfelden is a classic example of Alsatian synagogue ...
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Synagogue of Hochfelden
12 place du général Koenig, Hochfelden Hochfelden (judaisme-alsalor.fr)
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Haguenau
Haguenau is one of the oldest Jewish communities in Alsace. The Jews lived there almost without interruption since the Middle Ages, probably in the 12th century, and enjoyed the same freedoms as ...
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Synagogue of Haguenau
3, rue du Grand Rabbin Bloch, Haguenau Tel + 33 3 88 06 59 99 Synagogue | Office de Tourisme du Pays de Haguenau (visithaguenau.alsace)
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Ettendorf
The Jewish presence in the villages surrounding Haguenau seems to date at least from the 14th century. In Ettendorf in particular, two Jewish families are recorded in administrative documents in ...
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Erstein
The Jews of Erstein were not allowed to settle in the city until 1850. Some were allowed to work there during the day, but had to return in the evening to the towns in the region that were more ...
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Diemeringen
The Jewish presence in Diemeringen seems to date from the 17th century. Only 14 Jewish families lived there on the eve of the French Revolution. The community of Diemeringen was organized – ...