Freixo de Espada à Cinta is considered by many to be the "most Manueline village in Portugal", which is almost an enigma. In the countryside of Trás-os-Montes, agricultural, without great known patrons, almost without road connections to the most developed cities in the country where art reached forms of erudition worthy of note, it was possible to develop and maintain this new form until today. artistic expression, rich in decoration, expensive, which needed good masons and artists for its execution. All this quality and quantity have a logical explanation and are simple to understand if we think that it was essentially during the second half of the 15th century and the beginning of the 20th century. 16 that numerous Jewish families settled in this village, who, being overwhelmingly traders, had the necessary cash to buy or order works of art from the master masons.