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Pinkas Synagogue (Prague)
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The Pinkas Synagogue is the second-oldest extant synagogue in Prague. It is believed that a synagogue was found in that location as early as 1492. The structure now housing the synagogue was founded…

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Judah Goldschmied

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1535

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Cities, Ashkenazi, Jewish quarters

Categories:

Architecture
Front view of building exterior with curved tile roof and arched windows and metal fence around perimeter.
The Synagogue of Gwoździec, Galicia
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Wooden synagogues were a distinctive style of vernacular architecture that first developed in the lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the sixteenth century and then flourished in the…

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Photographer Unknown

Places:

Gwoździec, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Hvizdets, Ukraine)

Date:

Mid–17th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Ashkenazi, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of wooden building exterior with several layers of roofs.