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Jewish Museum of Sofia

Infos pratiques

Type de lieu : Museum

Jewish Museum of Sofia

ul. Ekzarh Yosif 16, 1000 Sofia

Description historique

Sofia

Jews reached Sofia during the first centuries C.E., the era of Roman domination. Ashkenazic Jews emigrating from Hungary and Bavaria were joined in the fifteenth century by Sephardic Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition. Until 1890, they lived in a sort of ghetto, ... Read more