Lisbon Synagogue

The Lisbon Synagogue , called Shaaré Tikvah (Gates of Hope) is a historical synagogue in the city of Lisbon , in Portugal . There have been Jews in Lisbon at least since the Middle Ages , but the community suffered a major blow in 1497, when an edict by King Manuel I ordered Jews either to convert to Christianity or to leave the country. All synagogues of Lisbon were confiscated by the King and given to Christian religious orders . The situation for Judaism in Portugal changed at the beginning of the 19th century, when the Portuguese Inquisition was abolished and Sephardi Jews from Morocco and Gibraltar , mostly merchants, started to migrate to Lisbon and other parts of Portugal. During the whole 19th century, the small Lisbon Jewish community had no formal synagogue and had to celebrate their religious rites in private houses. Finally, in 1897 a commission was established with the mission of building a central synagogue in Lisbon. The project was entrusted to famed architect Miguel Ventura Terra , and the works began in 1902. The main façade of the synagogue faces an inner courtyard, since Portuguese law at the time forbid non-Catholic religious temples from facing the street. Inaugurated in 1904, the Lisbon Synagogue was the first synagogue to be built in Portugal since the late 15th century. Ventura Terra conceived a temple in a style mixing Neo-Byzantine and Neo-Romanesque , consistent with the Oriental fashion for Synagogue architecture . In 2004, a ceremony was held to celebrate the synagogue's 100th anniversary.

The Lisbon Synagogue (formally, the Synagogue Shaaré Tikvah ( Gates of Hope ) is a historical Portuguese synagogue situated in the civil parish of Santo António , in the municipality of Lisbon .

Building in Lisbon, Portugal The Lisbon Synagogue (formally, the Synagogue Shaaré Tikvah ; ) is a historical synagogue situated in the civil parish of Santo António , in the municipality of Lisbon , Portugal.

Synagogue in Lisbon, Portugal The Lisbon Synagogue , formally the Synagogue Shaaré Tikvah , ( Portuguese : Sinagoga Portuguesa Shaaré Tikvah ; Hebrew : שערי תקווה , lit. ' Gates of Hope ' ) is a Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at 59 Rua Alexandre Herculano, in the civil parish of Santo António , in the municipality of Lisbon , Portugal . The synagogue was completed in 1904 in a mix of the Romanesque Revival and Byzantine Revival styles. Historic Synagogues of Europe . Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d .