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Royal Vineyard Synagogue Prague - Vinohradská synagoga Praha

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The Jewish Temple Königliche Weinberge stood in Sázavská in Prague-Vinohrady from 1896 to 1951. The building was hit by bombs during an accidental Allied air raid on Prague on February 14, 1945. American bombers mistook Prague for Dresden. However, the extent of the damage to the synagogue was largely due to the German occupying forces, who prevented the fire from being extinguished.

Profaned synagogue in Uhříněvsi

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The synagogue in Uhříněves is a former Jewish house of prayer and is located on Přátelství-Straße. It was built between 1847 and 1848 in the late classicist style to replace an older wooden house of prayer. Services were held in the synagogue until 1939.

After the Second World War, the city of Uhříněves took over the synagogue building and initially used it as a warehouse from 1949 onwards.

A conversion into a laundry took place at a later date.

Michel Synagogue - Michelská synagoga

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The Michel Synagogue is a former Jewish house of prayer in Prague-Michle, on the banks of the Botič brook. It is one of the most interesting and most beautiful historical buildings in Prague-Michle and at the same time one of the few suburban synagogues that were not destroyed during the German occupation. From 1950, the Jewish Museum in Prague used the Michel Synagogue as a depository for Torah scrolls that the Nazis had brought to Prague from the destroyed and forcibly closed synagogues of all Jewish communities on the territory of the Protectorate.

New Synagogue Libeň - Nová synagoga Libeň

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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.

Former Smíchov Synagogue

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The neo-Gothic synagogue, completed in 1863, was rebuilt in 1931 in a functionalist style. After the Second World War, the building was used for secular purposes, as the Jewish community in Sm&nbspute;chov ceased to exist during the Shoah. Since 1998, the building has served as the archive of the Jewish Museum in Prague (Židovské muzeum v Praze).

Former Karolinenthal Synagogue - Karlínská synagoga

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The Karolinenthal Synagogue is a former Jewish house of prayer in Prague 8 - Karlín. The synagogue was built in 1861 in the neo-Romanesque style].

The Karolinenthal Synagogue was intended for the wealthy local Jewish community. Until the end of 1921, Karlín (Karolinenthal) was an independent town with a predominantly industrial production focus. Many of the town's wealthy factory owners and merchants were Jewish. The synagogue underwent several structural alterations. The last functionalist alterations to the interior were carried out between 1928 and 1930.