Article Nº 0887 Other building Funchal Vol. I · pp. 512–513

Jewish Cemetery

Original title: Cemiterio Israelita

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Population and social groups

The Jewish cemetery in the eastern part of Funchal, on the road to the Lazareto, whose entrance bears a Hebrew inscription meaning 'house of life' and the date 5611 (1851).

It lies in the eastern part of the city, on the road to the Lazareto (‘quarantine hospital’). Its entrance bears an inscription in Hebrew meaning ‘house of life’ and the date 5,611, corresponding to the year 1851 of the Christian era.

Places mentioned

Jewish Cemetery
Lazareto

Chronology

1851 The Jewish cemetery of Funchal received an entrance inscription dated 5611 of the Hebrew calendar, corresponding to 1851.

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