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Soragna
A Jewish community established itself in Soragna when Jews were expelled from Parma in 1555 and from Piacenza in 1570. In front of the city’s castle, one can find the oratory dating from ...
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Fausto Levi Museum in Soragna
Via Cavour, 43 – 43019 Soragna Tel: +39.0524.599399 http://www.museoebraicosoragna.net/
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Parma
A famous inspiration for Stendhal, Parma is a city with a wealth of cultural institutions: museums, theatres and concert halls. It was also the regional birthplace of Verdi, who is celebrated ...
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Palatine Library of Parma
Strada alla Pilotta, 3, 43100 Parma PR Tel: + 39 0521 233617 beniculturali.it
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Oria
One of Oria’s gates, (or Porta Taranto) leads to the old giudecca of the city. The gate dates from the fifteenth century and bears a bronze mezuzah. There are no traces left of the Jewish ...
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Manduria
Historians believe – although the exact dates are still lacking – that there was a Jewish quarter in the small town of Manduria between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is ...
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Lecce
Lecce had one of the most prominent Jewish settlements in the Neapolitan kingdom before the expulsion of the Jews. Though there is no evidence of a Jewish presence prior to the 15th century, ...
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Bari
Unlike other cities in the region of Apulia, there are now very few traces of the Jewish presence in Bari, although we know that the community was very developed. The city was, in the 12th ...
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Puglia
Thanks to its geographic position and the presence of Brindisi, Otranto, Bari, Trani and Barletta ports, Apulia has been a transit point for many Jewish exiles -most heading to Israel. This ...
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Rakovnik
Rakovnik is located between Prague and Plzen; 32 miles west of Prague, and 30 miles northeast of Plzen. Jews are on record as living in Rakovnik since 1441. Between 1618 and 1621, three Jewish ...
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Synagogue of Rakovnik
Vysoká 232, 269 01 Rakovník Tel: +420 313 511 549 Město Rakovník – Oficiální stránka města Rakovník (mesto-rakovnik.cz)
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Hermanuv Mestec
Hermanuv Mestec is located in Bohemia, 56 miles south from Prague. The Jews began settling there in the fifteenth century, and the community reached its peak in the nineteenth century. The ...
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Synagogue of Hermanuv Mestec
Havlíčkova, 538 03 Heřmanův Městec Tel: +420 777 797 141 Město Heřmanův Městec – Oficiální stránky města Heřmanův Městec (hermanuv-mestec.cz)
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Breclav
The Jewish presence in Breclav dates to the sixteenth century. The ghetto, constructed in the seventeenth century, can still be visited. The neo-Roman style synagogue was built in 1888. Closed by ...
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Synagogue of Breclav
U Tržiště, 690 02 Břeclav Tel: +420 731 428 260 Městské muzeum a galerie Břeclav – Muzeum, Synagoga, Zámeček Pohansko, Lichtenštejnský dům (muzeumbv.cz)
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Holesov
The presence of a Jewish settlement in Holešov dates back to at least the 16th century. Holešov hosted one of the most important Jewish communities in Moravia, a centre of culture and education. ...
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Lomnice
Jews began settling in Lomnice in 1656. The eighteenth-century ghetto is composed of a square where one can still see the rabbi house and yeshiva. The baroque-style was built in 1870 in the ...
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Dolni Kounice
Dolni Kounice is a small town of Moravia located 115 miles south of Prague. Jews began settling there in the Fifteenth century and part of the ghetto has been preserved. The Renaissance-style was ...
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Synagogue of Dolni Kounice
U Synagogy 332, 664 64 Dolní Kounice Tel: +420 513 030 427 Synagoga: Dolní Kounice (dolnikounice.cz)
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Velké Meziříčí
Velké Meziříčí is a small town of Moravia located 85 miles south-east of Prague. The Jewish community started settling there in the sixteenth century. The ghetto is well preserved. You can still ...
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Grand Synagogue of Velké Meziříčí
Novosady 97/85, 594 01 Velké Meziříčí Turistický portál Velké Meziříčí – turistikavm.cz
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New Synagogue of Velké Meziříčí
Novosady 1146, 594 01 Velké Meziříčí Turistický portál Velké Meziříčí – turistikavm.cz
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Polná
Polná is located in Bohemia, about 70 miles south-west of Prague. Jews started settling in Polná in the fifteenth century. The ghetto was created in the seventeenth century, some houses can still ...
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Synagogue of Polná
Karlovo nám. 541, 588 13 Polná Tel: +420 732 839 726 Musée juif régional – Synagogue et maison du rabbin : Polná (mesto-polna.cz)
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Hartmanice
Hartmanice is located South-West of Bohemia, in a mountainous region close to the Austrian border. The , also called “Mountain Synagogue” was built in 1881 to welcome the growing ...