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The Amsterdam Residence of Jeronimo Nunes da Costa (Mazes Curiël)
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The wealthy merchant and diplomat Jeronimo Nunes da Costa (Mozes Curiël; 1620–1697) was born in Florence. In 1627, his family settled in Hamburg, where his father, a businessman, became an important…

Contributor:

Romeyn de Hooghe

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1700

Subjects:

Print, Cities, Economic life, Class, Sephardic

Categories:

Print & book culture, Architecture
Drawing of front view of a house on the far side of a canal, with people in front of the canal and alongside the house.
Alte Synagogue (Berlin)
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Built by the non-Jewish architect Michael Kemmeter, the Alte Synagoge (Synagogue) was the first edifice in Berlin built specifically to serve this function. Originally known as the Heidereutergasse…

Contributor:

Michael Kemmeter, Anna Maria Werner, A.B. Goblin, Friedrich August Calau

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1714

Subjects:

Synagogue, Print, Cities, Community, Art

Categories:

Architecture, Print & book culture
Print engraving of room interior with central podium, Torah ark on far wall, and rows of pews on either side of podium, with German and Hebrew text below.