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Unknown
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Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
(Aleppo, Syria)
Date:
ca. 1710
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Contributor:
Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1723
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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
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This Torah mantle was made in Vienna in the eighteenth century. It is embroidered with silk and metallic thread, metallic ribbon, and has metallic fringes. Set against a red background, this mantle’s…
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Artist Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1722/3
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The Isaac (or Izaak) Synagogue in Kraków was built in 1638–1644. Named after its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz (d. 1673), also known as Isaac the Rich, the synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during World…
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1638–1645
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The Klausen Synagogue in Prague gets its name from the kloyz (a complex of buildings used for religious purposes, including synagogues) that originally stood on its site, erected in the 1570s. The…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
17th Century