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Kozacka apartment
Location: Prague centre
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PRAGUE JEWISH QUARTER
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:30
Rabi LĂśw
This quarter in the really heart of Prague contains the remains of Prague's former Jewish ghetto.There are two figures synonymous with this part of the city, the writer Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924) and the mystical Golem created by Rabi Löw.The sities we speak about are:The Rudolfinum ,St Agnes's Convent ,Spanish Synagogue ,Church of the Holy Ghost ,Maisel Synagogue ,Jewish Town Hall, High Synagogue ,Klausen Synagogue, Jewish muzeum ,Old-New Synagogue ,Jeruzalem's synagogue, Pinkas Synagogue and Old Jewish cementery . Old Jewish cementery (StarĂ˝ ĹžidovskĂ˝ hĹbitov)
Established in the mid-15th century, it served as a bural site till 1787 . Among 12 000 gothic, renaisance and baroque tombstones are also those of Rabbi Jehuda Löw (1609) and Mordechai Maisel (1601).Enormous 100,000 people are thought to have been buried here. Jeruzalem's synagogue (Jeruzalemska Sinagoga)This synagogue was built as a replacement for three other destroyed synagogues in 1905.It is an interesting example of Art Nouveau style adapted to traditional style.What is more, the building is well-[reserved because dutiny the war, it served for a depot. Pinkas Synagogue (Pinkasova Synagoga)
Founded in 1479 by Rabbi Pinkas this synagogue was rebuilt many times over the centuries. There is a gallery for women added in the early 17th century. Since after the World War II it has served as a memorial to all the 77,297 Jewish Czechoslowak victims of the Nazis. Their names are inscribed on the walls. Old-New Synagogue (StaronovĂĄ synagoga)
Built around 1270, it is the oldest working synagogue in Europe and one of Prague's earliest Gothic buildings. First, it was called New, and after having built more recent ones it was renamed to Old-New. On the eastern wall is the Holy Ark in which the Torah scrolls are kept, on the walls are Hebrew biblical abbreviations. By a legend, the remains of Golem are kept there; the reason is that Rabi Low, who created him, worked there as a rabi. Church of the Holy Ghost (Kostel sv. Ducha)It was built in the mid-14th century as a part of a convent of Benedictine nuns. The church was destroyed in 1420 during the Husite Wars and badly damaged by the fire of 1689. The furnishings are mainly Baroque. Inside the church there is a statue of St Ann and busts of St Wenceslas and St Adalbert, in front of the church stands a stone statue of St John Nepomuk. The Rudolfinum (Rudolfinum)
Built between 1876 and 1884 the Rudolfinum is an outstanding example of Czech Neo-Renaissance style. Between the wars it served as the seat of the Czechoslovak parliament, today it is a home of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rudolfinum Gallery where temporary art exhibitions are held. Jewish muzeum (ŽidovskÊ muzeum)
The original aim of establishement of the Jewish muzeum in 1906 was to preserve valuable artefacts from the Prague synagogues that were demolished during the reconstruction of the Jewish Town at the beginning of the 20th century. The Museum was closed to the public after the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia on 15 March 1939. In 1942 the Nazis established the Central Jewish Museum, to which were shipped artefacts from all the liquidated Jewish communities and synagogues of Bohemia and Moravia.In the communist era, the Museum was markedly restricted in its preservation, exhibition and educational activities. The collapse of the communist regime in 1989 led to a change in the Museum´s status. The Museum buildings and collections were returned to the Jewish Community of Prague and since then the Jewish Museum is a non-state organization. |
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