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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1543
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
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1705
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The Old Synagogue (Alte-Schul, or Stara Bóz.nica) of Kraków is located in the Kazimierz district of the city. Because it was in a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth vulnerable to attack by…
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1557–1570
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The Scuola Italiana is one of five synagogues in the Venetian ghetto, and its smallest. In 1575, the Italian Jewish community established the synagogue in a preexisting building because of a law…
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1575
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The Vittorio Veneto Synagogue, in a town near Venice, was constructed on the second and third floors of a modest house. Elements of the Italian Baroque style are visible in the interior, especially in…
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Serravalle, Republic of Venice (Vittorio Veneto, Italy)
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Mid–17th Century
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Established in 1616 as part of a yeshiva in Amsterdam, the Ets Ḥayim library continues to function to this day, making it the oldest operational Jewish library in the world. It moved to its current…
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1718/19 and 1732/33
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Jacob Epstein
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1904
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1729
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The Pinkas Synagogue is the second-oldest extant synagogue in Prague. It is believed that a synagogue was found in that location as early as 1492. The structure now housing the synagogue was built by…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1625