Practical info

Type of location: Synagogue

Synagogue of Samokov

Glas Ko, Samokov

Historical description

Samokov

Some of the richest Sephardic families in Europe made their fortune in the small city of Samokov, located about thirty-seven miles south of Sofia. A branch of the Apollo family, which originated in Vienna, founded a veritable empire here, with ventures in ... Read more

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