Ninth of Av 1492Ninth of Av 1492. The Jewish population of the Spanish villages of Cáceres, Hervás, Valencia de Alcántara, and Alburquerque – Extremadura (a Spanish region next to the Portuguese border) was suddenly rocked by a proclamation issued by the Catholic monarchs. The Alhambra Decree. All Spanish Jews were required to leave the country immediately. Their exodus was hastily organized. Extremadura, until then a melting pot of three cultures, was shaken by a forced proclamation: Christianity or expulsion.Extremadura’s Jewish population dispersed throughout the region, with those in the north moving to the villages of the Sierra de Estrella, while those in the center and south moved to Lisbon, Marvão, Castelo de Vide, and Évora.