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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 ...

Trace de présence juive dans la ville d'oria, dans la région des pouilles avec ce bas relief

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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 ...

Inside view of the synagogue of Rakovnic

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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 ...

The Baroque-style synagogue was built in 1728 in the center of the ghetto, then reconstructed in neo-Roman style in 1870.

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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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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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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 ...

Inside view of the Polna synagogue with its aron

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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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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 ...

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