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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)
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1635–1642
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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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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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Lutsk (Łuck), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lutsk, Ukraine)
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17th Century
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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Early 18th Century
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The ceiling and wall paintings in the baroque-style Kupa Synagogue in Kraków, which dates from 1643, were damaged during World War II and in a pogrom that occurred in August 1945 immediately following…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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17th Century
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Gwoździec, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Hvizdets, Ukraine)
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Mid–17th Century
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The Isaac (or Izaak) Synagogue in Kraków was built in 1638–1644. Named after its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz (d. 1673), also known as Isaac the Rich, the synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during World…
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1638–1645
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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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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1556–1563
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
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1642