King Dinis I, donates to Bento, his jew of Evora “…part of the wall that confines with his house, to which he will construct his home and […] the wall from tower to tower he will cover, to do garden from which he will possess…” After the first Jewish Quarter Relocation of the Jewish community…distant from the walls, but near the urban center : The Giraldo Square. Settlement around the current Merchants area and in the confluence of the access roads to the main square. The primary limits were in Alconchel Street, Raymond Street, Crooked Lane, Baron Lane. The Jewish quarters of Evora will become, in the XV century, one of the most powerful, rich and populated ethnical communities in the Kingdom of Portugal. In the Baron Street you can see the Arch of the Sinagogue. Population statistics and documentary records attest a numerous community, endowed with important figures of mercantilism, handmade crafts, medical sciences and literature, aswell as a powerful oligarchy that settled and developed its occupations in the city. The Jewish quarters of Evora will become, in the XV century, one of the most powerful, rich and populated ethnical communities in the Kingdom of Portugal. The Jewish municipality of Évora was extinguished after Manueline edict of 1496, at the height of its existence, having been occupied by “New-Christians”, leaving little evidence of its architectural reality during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Évora City Council