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Paradesi Synagogue (Cochin, India)
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Built in 1568, the Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in India, as well as in the entire British Commonwealth. The land on which it was built was a gift from the Rajah of Cochin, Paraja, so…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Cochin, Cochin (Ernakulam, India)

Date:

1568

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Bene Israel, Art, Aesthetics, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Exterior photograph of intersecting walls of stone buildings with tile roofs.
Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue
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Kneseth Eliyahoo was endowed in honor of Baghdad-born Eliyahoo (Elias) David Sassoon (1820–1880), son of textile magnate David Sassoon (1792–1864), by Elias’s sons. The synagogue was constructed in…

Places:

Bombay, British India (Mumbai, India)

Date:

1884

Subjects:

Art, Synagogue, Cities, Ashkenazi, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of building façade with significant decorative trim on window frames and beams.