Sinagoga de Belmonte

Beit Eliyahu Synagogue Belmonte Portugal

Amazing synagogue come to life after dormant for over 500 years. It is not a museum, it is a living breathing sanctuary for the Jews who are able to practice their religion openly after 500 years hid...

A Living Miracle - Go and See for Yourself!!!

The Jewish community of Belmonte survived over 500 years in hiding and survived the worst that the RC Church’s Inquisition could do (and that IS saying a lot). Over the last 100 years the community ha...

Go there during prayer times - around 2000 in the summer

You should have a look at the synagogue from the inside. Every day the synagogue is open for the evening prayer - around 2000 in the summer time, earlier in the winter.

Nice visit to a sacred place

it was one of the highlights of our visit to Belmonte, that we visited the synagogue that was donated by a French jew in memory of his parents, we also had the chance of one of the local jews to share...

One of the rare Jewish communities in Portugal

Original Text

It is incredible that in this small village several Jewish families keep traditions and make this synagogue live regularly.