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Type of location: Synagogue

Etz Hayyim Synagogue of Canea

Parados Kondylaki, Chania 730 11, Greece

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Historical description

Canea

The oldest synagogue in Canea, , lives again after a half century of neglect. Raised from its ruins by Nicholas Stavroulakis, former director and founder of the Jewish Museum of Athens, it was rededicated in October 1999. (It should be noted that its reopening was ... Read more

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