Jun 27, 2022
A great day in Prague with @nikolaham 😄
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A great day in Prague with @nikolaham 😄
Today's Flickr photo with the most hits shows in the interior of the Old New Synagogue, Prague.
It is actually a web-pic, rather than one I took (photography not permitted when I visited).
Note the double nave and the five-ribbed vaulting (books of the Torah).
To the left is the entrance to women's section. The basket of railings shows the location of the bimah.
Completed in 1270, the building was designed by Christian architects and shows many standard Gothic traits.
The Old New Synagogue in Prague's Jewish Quarter is the oldest preserved synagogue in Europe.
Today's Flickr photo with the most hits is of a banner hanging in the Old New Synagogue, in Prague.
Investigating the oldest synagogues in Europe
The Old-New Synagogue is the oldest functioning synagogue in Europe. There are two older synagogues in Europe – one in Erfurt in Germany, founded around 1100 and another in Toledo, Spain from 1180. Neither are still in use, but it is interesting to see what happened to them. The Erfurt synagogue was active until a massive pogrom in 1349, when the building was badly damaged. It was subsequently…
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The Old New Synagogue, Prague, Czech Republic, Dec '12 "The Golem's body was stored in the attic genizah of the Old New Synagogue, where it would be restored to life again if needed. According to legend, the body of Rabbi Loew's Golem still lies in the synagogue's attic."