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The second-oldest building in the Venetian ghetto is the Scuola Canton Synagogue. Built several years after the Scuola Grande Tedesca, the Canton Synagogue also served the Ashkenazic community. The…
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1532
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The High (Wysoka) Synagogue was built in a Renaissance style in the mid-sixteenth century in the Kazimierz district of Kraków. It is the third-oldest synagogue in Kraków. This synagogue owes its name…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1556–1563
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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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Matteo Gucci
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1569–70
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This Piedmontese synagogue, built in 1595, is typical of many synagogues constructed in times and places where Jews did not want to call attention to themselves because of fear of persecution. From…
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Casale Monferrato, Kingdom of Sardinia (Casale Monferrato, Italy)
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1595 and 1765
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This exquisite synagogue, with Rococo gold wooden detailing, was originally located in in the village of Conegliano Veneto. Built in the sixteenth century, it was subsequently reassembled by the…
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Conegliano Veneto, Kingdom of Sardinia (Conegliano, Italy)
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17th Century