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With 10th-century origins, this historical Portuguese estate in the Porto district is older than the foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal itself in the 1130s. For centuries, it served as the ...
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Credit: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Subscribe for ads-free reading In just a little over 16 years at the beginning of the 16th century, the impoverished Kingdom of Portugal, under the House of ...
Throughout the day, students learned that Jews were present in the territory long before the founding of the Kingdom of Portugal in the Twelfth Century and were linked to its founding and development.
Portugal is renowned for its beautiful landscape with an intriguing mix of mountainous terrain and the Atlantic coastline. There’s no shortage of inviting sandy beaches or cliffs to explore ...
The edict had a negative impact not just on the country’s Jews but on Portugal as a whole, explained Michael Rothwell, the museum’s director. "The edict caused the Jews to leave the kingdom ...