Maisel Synagogue is a synagogue in Josefov

Josefov (Prague)

Josefov is a town quarter and the smallest cadastral area of Prague, today Czech Republic, formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town. It is completely surrounded by Old Town...

, Prague

Prague

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. It was built in 1590-1592, designed by Josef Wahl i Juda Goldsmied and paid by Mordechai Maisel. The synagogue burnt down in 1689 and was then rebuilt in baroque

Baroque

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 style. It was again rebuilt in 1893-1905. It was Hitler's intended "Museum of the Extinct Race". It serves today as a Jewish Museum, part of the collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague

Jewish Museum in Prague

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