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Related: About this forumSo I'm a bit late with promises kept - was poking around in my archives
Last year when I was lucky enough to visit with lots of European relatives I was so overwhelmed on so many levels that it wasn't possible to address all the photographs.And I had promised to show you more.
Here I am in a synagogue in Prague, the name of which I unfortunately did not write down.
I learned, in looking at the glorious façades and streets that Hitler loved Prague so much he wanted to make it the capital of his 1000 year Reich. Not Berlin. Not Vienna.
And that he did all he could to keep the war destruction to a minimum in the city of Prague.
Here is a bit from the (nameless) synagogue.
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So I'm a bit late with promises kept - was poking around in my archives (Original Post)
Mira
Feb 2019
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elleng
(131,107 posts)1. Thank you, Mira.
magicarpet
(14,167 posts)2. What beautiful architecture,.. fabulous pictures thank you for sharing.
Squinch
(51,007 posts)3. Georgeous!
Karadeniz
(22,572 posts)4. Whoa! You don't see anything so intricate outside of Moorish architecture
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)5. These are incredibly detailed and gorgeous, my dear Mira!
What treasures are here.
Thank you for keeping your promise, no matter how tardy.
Wow!
Ohiogal
(32,060 posts)6. Wow, that is stunning!
sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)7. Isn't that the Spanish Synagogue?
Mira
(22,380 posts)9. YES- that is the name
I hoped someone would come in and give me th name. I now googled it and it is definitely correct. It is in the heart of the Jewish area of the city, and I saw three synagogues that day if my memory is correct.
Thank you sinkingfeeling.
akraven
(1,975 posts)10. How incredibly gorgeous!
Thank you.
Callalily
(14,894 posts)11. The synagogue is stunning!
You've rally captured the sheer beauty of the architecture, artistry and skill it took to build this beautiful structure,
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)12. Lovely!
I especially like the composition of #2.
mnhtnbb
(31,404 posts)13. Fabulous!