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High Synagogue (Krakow)

Artist Unknown

1556–1563

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Exterior photograph of building with arched windows and triangular room.
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Wall painting with Hebrew text surrounded by floral decorations and two hands beneath a crown.
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Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Categories:

Architecture
Decorative arts

Subjects:

Synagogue
Community
Jewish quarters
Art
Aesthetics
Architecture

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