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The synagogue is at Vězeňská 1, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia — on the corner of Dušní and Vězeňská Streets. The easiest way to get there is by taking the 194 bus and getting off at the Staré školy stop, which is right next to the complex. The beautiful synagogue was built in 1868 in Moorish style by Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann and ...
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.
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The Spanish Synagogue is the most recent synagogue in the Prague Jewish Town. Built in 1868 for the local Reform congregation on the site of the 12th-century Altschul, which was the oldest synagogue in the Prague ghetto. It was called the Spanish Synagogue for its impressive Moorish interior design, influenced by the famous Alhambra.
The history of The Old School. Hailing from 1868, the Spanish Synagogue was the last house of prayer to be erected in the Jewish Town. It was built on the site of The Old School, the oldest synagogue in the quarter that was the location of the original settlement of Sefard Prague Jews. The Old School goes back at least to the 12 th century.
Spanish Synagogue. It was built in 1867 - 1868 on the corner of the Dušní and Vězeňská Streets in a Moorish style according to a project of Ignatz Ullmann and Josef Niklas in place of the oldest synagogue called Old School (Stará škola) or also Templ, which, according to the preserved reports, already existed in the 12 th century.
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Colourful stained glass, stylised Oriental motifs and the glow of gold – the most beautiful synagogue in the Prague Jewish Town. This, newest of the six historic Prague synagogues was built in the Spanish Moorish style in the second half of the 19th century. The walls, carved doors, railings, galleries and dome are decorated with stylised ...
The synagogue, according to a pamphlet written by a congregation member in the 1930s, was designed by Vojtěch Ignátz Ullmann while architects A. Baum and B. Münzberg designed the stained glass windows and interior. Work on the synagogue, which was located just outside the Jewish Ghetto in Prague, was completed in 1893.
