Sinagoga Shaaré Tikva
Sinagoga Shaaré Tikva—formally the Lisbon Synagogue—marks a turning point in Lisbon’s Jewish story, with Portuguese Hebrew names meaning “Gates of Hope” (שערי תקווה). Jews had been in Lisbon since at least the Middle Ages, but a major rupture came in 1497, when King Manuel I ordered Jews to convert to Christianity or leave; all Lisbon synagogues were confiscated and reassigned to Christian religious orders. For centuries afterwards, the Jewish community relied largely on private practice—through much of the 19th century there was no formal synagogue. Permission to build finally gathered momentum in 19th-century Lisbon: an official request was made on 4 March 1897, and the land license was signed on 23 August 1901 along Rua Alexandre Herculano. …
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