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Joseph Avis, a Quaker carpenter, was commissioned to build the first synagogue in England following the readmission of Jews in 1656: the synagogue of London’s Spanish and Portuguese community, on…
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
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1699–1701
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The Scuola Grande Tedesca is the oldest of five synagogues in the Venetian ghetto and was built in 1528 by the local Ashkenazic community. Although only its five windows are visible from the street…
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1528 and 1672
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There were once hundreds of wooden synagogues in Poland and Lithuania, but only a very few examples of this particularly Jewish form of architecture have survived. The Zabłudów synagogue, built around…
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Zabludow, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zabłudów, Poland)
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ca. 1637
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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1543
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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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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
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The Great Synagogue of Slonim was one of the prominent synagogues of the region, a testament to the prosperity and status of the town’s Jewish community. Today, it is the best-preserved synagogue in…
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Slonim, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Slonim, Belarus)
Date:
1635–1642