| Page Views: 1,137 Last Visit to Castelo de Vide: September, 2004 | Castelo de Vide by haiamisa - last update: Mar 21, 2007 |
We left Evora on 18th September and headed north. Our first big stop was Castelo de Vide mainly in order to visit the medieval synagogue. We also had lunch there and continued to Castelo Branco in the afternoon. |
| Our "guide" at the entrance of the synagogue |
|  | Castelo de Vide is located on slopes around a 14th century castle. There is a Judiaria - the old jewish quarter with twisting alleyways. Among the cottages, most of which still have Gothic doorways and windows, is a 13th century synagogue, the oldest one that survived in Portugal. From outside it doesn't look different from the other cottages. We had to ask directions because we got hopelessly lost in the alleyways,an old man joined us and showed us the way. |
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| Pros: | "Interesting location and jewish history" | | Cons: | "Lots of climbing up and down on narrow streets" | | In A Nutshell: | "Definitely worth a visit!" |
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cachaseiro Mon Sep 1, 2008 20:55 UTC
nice page. i will be going there myself tomorrow. | Trillian2005 Sun Jan 15, 2006 17:06 UTC
Castelo de Vide...the emtpy castle?? Very interesting place. And...it means "good luck" seeing a bride, at least in Germany it does! :-) | quartinb Thu Nov 18, 2004 15:36 UTC
,,,know castelo de vide very well,,,i'll make 1 page soon,,,! | Bwana_Brown Sat Nov 6, 2004 02:40 UTC
The steep and narrow street scene looks amazing! I'm sorry that my wife and I did not quite make it this far north. A very interesting page! |
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