Spanish Synagogue
The Spanish Synagogue was built in 1868 at the site of the oldest synagogue in Prague destroyed in 1867. It was designed in a Moorish style by Vojtch Ignatz Ullmann.
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The first synagogue in Prague, known as the Old School (Star kola, often referring to the synagogue shul in Yiddish ), was there. She was in the eleventh century the center of the Jewish community of Eastern Rite. It was keeping away from the community of Western rite which cluster around the Old-New Synagogue in 1250. There is nothing left of the Old School and the present sanctuary dates from the second half of the nineteenth century.
Architecture of the synagogue
The synagogue is structured according to a regular square with a large dome surmounting the central space.
On three sides there are galleries on metal structures, which are fully open to the nave. The remarkable interior reveals a low stucco arabesque designs inspired by the Hispano-Moorish, also found on walls, doors and railings of the gallery.
The interior and the windows were designed by architects A. Baum and B. Munzberg, and completed in 1893. Frantiek kroup, the composer of the Czech national anthem, worked as organist in 1836 - 1845.
By reopening the Spanish Synagogue - closed for more than 20 years - the 130th anniversary of its establishment, the Jewish Museum in Prague finds one of its most ambitious projects to date.
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Exhibition
Inside is the second part of the permanent exhibition devoted to the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia.
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
- Klaus Synagogue
- Maisel Synagogue
- Pinkas Synagogue
- Old-New Synagogue
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