1 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions
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The Jodenbuurt (
Dutch: Jewish neighbourhood) is a neighbourhood of
Amsterdam,
Netherlands. For centuries before
World War II, it was the center of the
Dutch Jews of Amsterdam — hence, its name (literally:
Jewish quarter). It is best known as the birthplace of
Baruch Spinoza, the home of
Rembrandt, and the Jewish
ghetto of
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
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6 April 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Great Synagogue of Rome © Livioandronico2013/cc-by-sa-4.0
The Roman Ghetto or Ghetto of Rome (
Italian: Ghetto di Roma) was a
Jewish ghetto established in 1555 in the
Rione Sant’Angelo, in
Rome,
Italy, in the area surrounded by present-day Via del
Portico d’Ottavia,
Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto, close to the River
Tiber and the
Theatre of Marcellus. With the exception of brief periods under
Napoleon from 1808 to 1815 and under the Roman Republics of
1798–99 and
1849, the ghetto of Rome was controlled by the
papacy until the
capture of Rome in 1870.
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11 July 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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The Old New Synagogue (
Czech: Staronová synagoga), also called the Altneuschul, situated in
Josefov, Prague, is Europe’s
oldest active synagogue. It is also the
oldest surviving medieval synagogue of twin-
nave design. Completed in 1270 in
gothic style, it was one of
Prague‘s first gothic buildings. A still older Prague synagogue, known as the Old Synagogue, was demolished in 1867 and replaced by the
Spanish Synagogue.
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