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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)

Community

Location
Czech Republic | Bohemia | Prague
| 18 Maiselova St.

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Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

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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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