Spanish Synagogue

Vojtüch Ignátz Ullmann

1868

Ghetto

Prague

Other Views and Related Material

  • Interior (balcony with geometric designs)
  • Enameled metal screen or waist-height barrier
  • Organ
  • Stained or painted glass windows, second floor (or gallery)
  • Organ, decorated walls, and display cases

    • "The Spanish Synagogue was built in 1868 on the site of the oldest Prague Jewish house of prayer ("the Old Shul"). It was designed in a Moorish style by Vojtüch Ignátz Ullmann. The synagogue has a regular square plan with a large dome surmounting the central space." — The Spanish Synagogue site

    Photograph 2007 George P. Landow

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