Oficially established in 1851, the Faro Jewish Cemetery is the only remaining vestige of the first post-Inquisition Jewish presence in Portugal. It served as a burial place for a thriving 60 family community (also known as Little Jerusalem). The Jews of Portugal fled the Inquisition from the end of the XVth century and settled in Gibraltar and North Africa. After the devastating 1755 Lisbon Earthquake their descendants have been invited by the Marquis of Pombal to help rebuild the economy. Although the community is long gone, the Cemetery still remains to remind citizens and travellers of its former glory. The Faro Jewish Heritage Centre features over one hundred graves in Sephardi style, with beautifully engraved slabs instead of headstones. Although the land has been purchased by the Jewish community in 1851, the first burial, that of Rabbi Toledano, dates back to 1838. Apart from the Cemetery, there is also a museum, housing many objects linked to the history of the Jews of Faro, like the furniture from one of the two non-existent synagogues of Faro or the facsimile copy of Gacon's 1478 Pentateuch in Hebrew - the first book ever printed in Portugal!
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Eat and Drink
- COLUMBUS Cocktail & Wine Bar - Faro - Portugal (0.7 miles) - Columbus is a business of a family residing in Faro, which makes the environment is very friendly an...
- Brewery Boheme - Faro (0.7 miles) - Usually means a life of celebration, parties and alcoholic beverages, has been associated to nomads,...
- Vila Adentro - Faro (0.8 miles) - The existing space is historical. Blue and white tiles dress the majority of the existing walls, rep...
- Tertúlia Algarvia - Faro (0.8 miles) - Tertúlia Algarvia is the fulfillment of the dream of a group of friends, who in 2006 decided to cre...
- Pizza na Pedra - OLHÃO (5.1 miles) - Try to imagine, a special and magical place to awaken your senses... Imagine it comfortable, trendy a...
See and Do
- Câmara Municipal de Faro Faro (0.6 miles) - ALGARVE REGIONAL MUSEUM The Regional Ethnographic Museum was idealized by the painter from Faro, Carl...
- Câmara Municipal de Faro Faro (0.6 miles) - ALGARVE REGIONAL MUSEUM The Regional Ethnographic Museum was idealized by the painter from Faro, Carl...
- ALGARVE REGIONAL MUSEUM Faro (0.6 miles) - The Regional Ethnographic Museum was idealized by the painter from Faro, Carlos Filipe Porfírio (18...
- Constancia Heritage and a Drink Constancia (0.6 miles) - Meeting point at the O Café da Praça at 10:00am Have a coffee and a local sweet cake "Queijinh...
- Formosamar Faro (0.7 miles) - Formosamar organizes boat tours and ecotourism activities in the Ria Formosa Nature Park. With a comp...
