New Synagogue Libeň - Nová synagoga Libeň

The foundation stone for the construction of the New Libeň Synagogue was laid on November 23, 1846 in the presence of Archduke Stephan, Governor of Böhmen and Palatine of Hungary. The construction took twelve long years. The building was erected in the Romanesque-antique style of the Maxentius Basilica, with a neo-Romanesque interior with oriental elements, in keeping with the romantic historicism that was fashionable at the time. An avenue of low trees led from the entrance gate to the entrance. The building itself is made of brick, monolithic, two-storey and closed with a gabled roof. The façade originally had a much richer stucco decoration, but this has not been preserved. The interior is structured as a three-aisled basilica with galleries (women's galleries) above the side aisles, thus copying the interior decoration of a Romanesque building or early Christian church. The building is oriented towards Jerusalem, in the direction of which the interior is closed off by an arch.

In 1941, the Libeň Synagogue was closed by the Nazi regime and converted into a camp for confiscated Jewish property. After the Second World War, the building was used for secular purposes, as the Jewish community in Libeň ceased to exist during the Shoah. The synagogue remained a warehouse (fruit warehouse, later a backdrop warehouse for the nearby Divadlo pod Palmovkou). After the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the synagogue was cleared, partially renovated and used sporadically for cultural purposes (theater projects and exhibitions). It is also used several times a year by members of the Prague Jewish community, primarily the Czech Union of Young People, for its original purpose, namely for religious services.