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GREAT VIEW
Pano-Drama
A brisk walk uphill to
the highest point in the
city – Ermida de Santo
António do Alto – grants
a brilliant panorama of
Faro with the sea and
saltpans to the south.

6 Inside, the decoration is Baroque run wild, with
Faro Jewish every scroll and barley-sugar twist covered in
Heritage Centre precious Brazilian gold leaf. In sombre contrast,
the Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones), has walls
⌂ Estrada da Penha
§ 289 829 525 # 9am– lined with skulls and large bones.
1pm, 2–4:30pm Mon–Fri
¢ Public hols
At the far northeast corner
of the city is the Jewish
cemetery, created for the
Jewish commu nity brought
here in the 1700s by the
Marquês de Pombal (p45) to
revitalize the economy. The
cemetery is laid out in the
traditional Sephardic way,
with children near est the
entrance, women in the centre
and men at the back. It served
from 1838 until 1932, during
which time 60 local families
prospered, then moved away.
Today there is no Jewish
community in Faro.

Visitors walking among the
graves at the Faro Jewish
Heritage Centre
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