Belmonte - the most Jewish town in Portugal

We invite you to join us in visiting Belmonte in Portugal. Belmonte is the birthplace of Pedro Álvares Cabral, the navigator who discovered | Brazil. It is also the most Portuguese of all Jewish communities in Portugal.
Further, suggest watching a video on a neighboring city of Miranda do Douro. • Miranda do Douro - a P...
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:48 The history of Jews and how they got to Portugal
8:11 The castle of Belmonte and the territory around
10:53 Rue Pedro Álvarez Cabral with his statue and the museum of Discovery of the New World
14:11 Hotel Altitude Alojamento
14:26 The Jewish places in Belmonte
17:10 The catholic church in Belmonte
Videos about other cities in Portugal
Guimarães • Guimarães - is it trul...
Chaves • Chaves, Portugal - an ...
Bragança • Bragança - the norther...
Guarda • Guarda - the highest m...
Miranda do Douro • Miranda do Douro - a P...
We recommend watching videos from the playlists
about Jews in Poland: • Jews in Poland
about jews in Ukraine: • Jewish Ukraine and Ukr...
And a video about Chefchaouen: • The blue city of Chefc...
All these are with English subtitles.
Photos and videos are ours. We also used illustrations from Google Maps, Google Earth, and from sources, a complete list of which can be found at: docs.google.com/document/d/1Z...
Music
1)Snowy Peaks pt I - Chris Haugen
2)Lonely Day - Telecasted
3)Snowy Peaks pt II - Chris Haugen
4)Dark Star - Kevin MacLeod
Dark Star by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
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4)Pooka - Kevin MacLeod
5)Western Spaghetti - Chris Haugen
6)Across the Savannah - Aaron Kenny
7)New Land - ALBIS
8)Triangle - Audionautix
Triangle by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artist: audionautix.com/

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Further, suggest watching a video about Miranda do Douro: ruclips.net/video/1wKaF2RpilM/видео.html

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I a sephardi from London travelled from Lisbon with friends to be in Belmonte for the day o f the dedication of Beit Eliyahu synagogue in Belmonte.For me it was a deeply touching visit being there for such a sacred occasion.

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Thank you for sharing this!

[@Lisbonese]

I’m Portuguese of Sephardic Jewish heritage and have visited the Jewish community in Belmonte a few times, absolutely love it there.

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We appreciate your attention!

[@thelmaaguilarranellone7702]

Thank you! Your video is informative, well researched and presented. I enjoyed it 🩷

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Glad you enjoyed it!