21 May 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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A Judería—or Jewish quarter—is the area within a
Spanish city where Jews were legally required to reside. In a broader sense, the term is used to designate a district in which the majority—or all—of the inhabitants were of the
Jewish faith .
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30 June 2025 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue (
Ashkenazi Hebrew : Tiferes Yisroel), most often spelled Tiferet Israel, also known as the Nisan Bak Shul, after its co-founder,
Nisan Bak , is a former prominent
Hasidic Jewish congregation and
synagogue , located in the
Jewish Quarter of the
Old City of
Jerusalem . Designed by
Nisan Bak , the former synagogue was completed in 1872 and partially destroyed in 1948.
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1 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: 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 | Category: General
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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 | Category: 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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