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The Spanish Synagogue ( Czech: Španělská synagoga, German: Spanische Synagoge, Hebrew: בית הכנסת הספרדי) is the newest synagogue in the area of the so-called Jewish Town; it was in fact built at the site of the presumably oldest synagogue, Old School (German: Altschul ). The synagogue is built in Moorish Revival Style.
During the 1945 bombing of Prague in World War II, the Vinohrady Synagogue (opened 1896), the largest Jewish house of prayer in the city, was destroyed. Two more landmark synagogues still stand in Prague: the Spanish Synagogue, built in 1868 on the site of the Old School Synagogue, and the Jerusalem Synagogue, dedicated in 1906. The former was ...
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Spanish Synagogue, Prague ticket price for admission into the Synagogue, Prague costs 350 CZK for adults, and about 250 CZK for children between the ages of 6 and 15. The Spanish Synagogue Prague entrance fee is free however for children younger than the age of 6. Tickets can also be easily booked online on the Prague Ticket Office website.
The Klausen Synagogue was built in 1694 right next to the entrance of the Jewish cemetery and on the former site of the Klausers. The Klausers were three small buildings, one of which was a synagogue erected in 1564, and another of which was Rabbi Loew’s school. All three were destroyed in a major fire of 1689.
On the site of the oldest Prague Jewish house of prayer called the "Old Shul (Old Synagogue)", the Spanish synagogue was built in 1868 in Moorish style by Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann and Josef Niklas. From 1836 to 1845 František Škroup, composer of the Czech national anthem, worked as the organist at the Old Shul.
