Speech de Judiarias

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The Rede de Judiarias (German: Netz der Judenviertel ) is an association of places in Portugal in which there are or were historical Jewish communities. The uniform tourist marketing as a route is intended to arouse interest in the long Jewish history in Portugal, and to preserve and disseminate knowledge about it.

The Belmonte synagogue in the historic center

History of the route

On March 17, 2011 the Rede de Judiarias de Portugal - Rotas de Sefarad ( Portuguese for: Network of the Jewish Quarter of Portugal - Routes of Sepharad) was founded as a public association under private law with its headquarters in Belmonte . The addition to the name is reminiscent of the Sephardim , the former Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula .

The association has set itself the goal of preserving the common Jewish heritage of the united places in terms of urban planning, architectural, environmental, historical and cultural aspects (Article 1 of its statutes). The association also wants to take account of the significant Jewish contribution to Portuguese history, especially in the Portuguese voyages of discovery and the globalization and development of a world economy that began with them, but also in medicine and other areas of science and society.

Members of the association are mainly the city administrations of the affiliated places, the official tourism agencies of the regions Serra da Estrela , Douro , Oeste , Lisboa e Vale do Tejo , Alentejo and Algarve , and the Jewish community of Belmonte.

In the synagogue of Tomar

activities

The association organizes guided tours, information events, encounters with local Jewish communities, exhibitions and lectures. The establishment of further visitor centers is planned.

The Rede de Judiarias also has an online library on its website. Portuguese and international historical and modern publications on Jewish-Portuguese history and Jewish life in Portugal are publicly available there, including early incunabula .

The speech is one of the carriers of the European Association for the preservation and promotion of culture and heritage of Judaism , (Engl. European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ)). It organizes the European Day of Jewish Culture every year .

View of Castelo de Vide
Alley in the historic center of Alenquer

Integrated places

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. www.redejudiariasportugal.com , accessed January 26, 2013.
  2. Article of April 23, 2011 in the travel magazine Fugas of the newspaper Público , accessed on January 26, 2013.