Maisel Synagogue
50 05 '20 "N 14 25' 07" E / 50.0888, 14.4187
The Maisel Synagogue is a synagogue neo-Gothic in Prague , dating from in 1590 - one thousand five hundred and ninety-two and rebuilt in 1893 - 1905. Located in the former ghetto 's Jewish Town, Josefov , it contains the first part of an exhibition on the history of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia (earliest settlement, the beginnings of emancipation).
Summary |
The Maisel Synagogue was built between 1590 and 1592 by the Mayor of the Jewish Quarter, Mordechai Maisel , who funded the extensive reconstruction of the ghetto during the Renaissance. The builders of this synagogue were Josef Wahl and Juda Goldsmied Herz.
In 1689 , the original building was seriously damaged in a fire and was later renovated in the style of Baroque.
Later, it was considerably rebuilt in a style neo-Gothic by Professor A. Grott in 1893 - 1905. All that remained intact was the original Renaissance route map tripartite central hall with the top tier of women.
Exhibition
The first part of an exhibition on the history of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia since the earliest settlement to the beginnings of emancipation is being held in the Synagogue Maisel, at the initiative of the Jewish Museum.
See also
Articles on the Jewish Museum in Prague , the various synagogues and other important sites of Josefov :
- Former ceremonial hall in Prague
- Jewish cemetery in Prague
- Robert Guttmann Gallery
- Jewish Museum of Prague
- Spanish Synagogue
- Klaus Synagogue
- Pinkas Synagogue
- Old-New Synagogue
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