Jewish religion and culture
World Heritage Sites connected to 'Jewish religion and culture':
Aleppo Central SynagogueAquileia Claim that mosaics in the "Paleo Christian museum" are from a synagogue ; linkBardejov Town Berat and Gjirokastra Sabbatai Zevi's Tomb in BeratBiblical Tells Budapest Medieval synagogue on Buda hillBukhara Jewish quarterCeský Krumlov SynagogueCologne Cathedral "Jewish tablets Embedded in the interior wall are a pair of tablets on which are carved the provisions worked out by Archbishop Englebert II (1262-67) under which Jews were permitted to reside in Cologne" Cordoba Cracow Damascus Several synagogues, among those the French SynagogueDelos Oldest synagogue in the diasporaDubrovnik Old SynagogueFerrara Synagogue and jewish cemeteryFlorence Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue)Historic Cairo Ben Azra SynagogueMantua and Sabbioneta Sabbioneta - Jewish ghettoMasada Mazagan Jewish quarterMedina of Essaouira Jewish quarterMedina of Marrakesh Jewish cemeteryMeknes Jewish quarterMinaret of Jam Tombstones written in Hebrew, probably from a nearby Jewish cemetery, which indicate the presence of a sizable Jewish communityMostar Old Synagogue (now a puppet theatre)Old City of Acre Muallaq Mosque (former Old Synagogue)Old City of Jerusalem Olinda Rua dos Judeus - site of first synagogue in the Americas 1641. During the Dutch rule there was a lot of religious freedom, and many Sephardic Jews originally from Portugal migrated to Olinda. With the return of the Jewish-unfriendly Portuguese rule in 1654, the Jewish community was given 90 days to sell off their goods and leave on the first available ship. Many of the houses built by Jewish merchants still stand today on what was once called "Rua dos Judeus" (Jews' Street),Paphos Agia Solomoni catacomb church is believed to have been once the synagogue of the Roman Paphos.Paramaribo Neve Shalom Synagogue 1665Pisa Jewish cemetery (adjacent to the Piazza del Duomo)Prague
Provins "The oldest building in the town is probably the 12th century Maison Romane (now the Museum), constructed in coursed dressed stone. Its location in the former Jewish quarter suggests that it may originally have been a rabbinical school or even a synagogue."Regensburg Former Synagogue at Am Brixener Hof 2Rome Jewish ghettoSaint Catherine Area Samarkand Gumbaz Synagogue and Jewish MahallaSegovia Old Main SynagogueSiena Synagogue (1786) in the via delle Scotte; linkSplit Synagogue in Diocletian's PalaceTelc Jewish street, with its synagogue now a police stationToledo Trebíc Venice and its Lagoon Jewish quarterVienna Stadttempel, Underground medieval synagogueVilnius Willemstad Snoga Synagogue, the oldest in the Americas
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