Altneuschul in Prague
Object Detail
Building Date
last third of the 13th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1883, 1921-1926, 1966-1967, 1997-1998
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
One of the oldest preserved synagogues in Europe.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Stones from the Solomonic Temple; Golem.
Historical significance: Person
Maharal of Prague
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Julius Deutsch, "Die Alt-Neu-Synagoge in Prag," Allgemeine Bauzeitung, 1886, p. 64, figs. 46-48;
Arno Pařík, Dana Cabanová, Petr Kliment, Prague Synagogues (Prague, Jewish Museum, n.d);
Rudolph Klein, "Spirituality and Space", in: Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that built and used them (Philadelphia, 2000), pp. 323;
Paulus, Simon. Die Architektur der Synagoge im Mittelalter: Überlieferung und Bestand. Petersberg: Imhof, 2007, pp. 441-446;
Fiedler, Jiří. Jewish Sights of Bohemia and Moravia (Prague:Sefer, 1991)
Rozkošná, Blanka and Pavel Jakubec. Židovské památky Čech – Jewish Monuments in Bohemia (Brno, 2004)
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Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
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0 Coordinates: 50.090069, 14.418607