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Old New Synagogue

The Old New Synagogue, also called the Altneuschul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Josefov, , in the .
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  • Type: Synagogue
  • Description: synagogue in Prague, Czechia
  • Also known as: “Stará Nová škola”, “Staronova Synagoga”, and “Staronová Synagoga”
  • Address: Praha

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Jewish Cemetery and Jewish Town Hall.

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The is a Jewish cemetery in , Czech Republic, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most important Jewish historical monuments in .

Public building
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The in , , was constructed adjacent to the Old New Synagogue on the corner of Maiselova and Červená Ulice in 1586 in Renaissance style under the sponsorship of Mayor Mordechai Maisel.

Museum
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The is a former Reform Jewish synagogue, located in the area of the so-called , , in the . The synagogue was completed in 1868 in the Moorish Revival style on the site of the presumably oldest synagogue, Old School. is situated 160 metres east of Old New Synagogue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish Town and Stalin Monument.

Suburb
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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the .

Locality
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Stalin's Monument was a 15.5 m granite statue honoring Joseph Stalin in , Czechoslovakia. It was unveiled on 1 May 1955 after more than 5+1⁄2 years of work, and was the world's largest representation of Stalin. The sculpture was demolished in late 1962.

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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

Old New Synagogue

Latitude
50.09007° or 50° 5′ 24″ north
Longitude
14.4186° or 14° 25′ 7″ east
Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)
Inception
1270
Open location code
9F2P3CR9+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27376006
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­synagogue
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­synagogue
Geo­Names ID
12639912
Wiki­data ID
Q443107
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yiddish—“Old New Synagogue” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Köhnə-Yeni sinaqoq”
  • Basque: “Sinagoga Zahar-Berria”
  • Belarusian: “Старановая сінагога”
  • Bulgarian: “Старонова синагога”
  • Catalan: “Antiga Sinagoga Nova”
  • Chinese: “老新犹太会堂”
  • Chinese: “舊新會堂”
  • Czech: “Staronová synagoga”
  • Dutch: “Alt-Neu shul”
  • Dutch: “Altneuschul”
  • Dutch: “Altneusjoel”
  • Dutch: “Oude Nieuwe Synagoge”
  • Dutch: “Oudnieuwe Synagoge”
  • Dutch: “Staronova synagoga”
  • Dutch: “Staronová synagoga”
  • Esperanto: “Mlanova Nova Sinagogo”
  • Finnish: “Staronova synagoga”
  • Finnish: “Staronová synagoga”
  • Finnish: “Vanhauusi synagoga”
  • French: “synagogue Vieille-Nouvelle”
  • French: “Synagogue vieille-nouvelle”
  • Galician: “Sinagoga Altneu”
  • Galician: “Sinagoga Staranová”
  • Galician: “Sinagoga Vella-Nova”
  • German: “Altneu-Synagoge”
  • German: “Altneuschul”
  • German: “Altneuschule, Altneusynagoge”
  • German: “Altneusynagoge”
  • Hebrew: “אלטנוי”
  • Hebrew: “אלטנוישול”
  • Hebrew: “בית הכנסת הישן-חדש (‘אלט-נוי’)”
  • Hebrew: “בית הכנסת ישן-חדש”
  • Hungarian: “Régi-új zsinagóga”
  • Indonesian: “Sinagoga Baru Lama”
  • Indonesian: “Sinagoga Tua Baru”
  • Italian: “sinagoga Vecchia-Nuova”
  • Italian: “Sinagoga Vecchia-Nuova”
  • Japanese: “新旧シナゴーグ”
  • Japanese: “旧新シナゴーグ”
  • Korean: “스타로나바 유대교 회당”
  • Ladino: “Esnoga Vieja-Mueva”
  • Latin: “Synagoga Vetero-nova”
  • Latin: “Synagoga Vetero-Nova”
  • Latin: “Vetus Synagoga Nova”
  • Latvian: “Staronova sinagoga”
  • Lithuanian: “Senoji naujoji sinagoga”
  • Polish: “Synagoga Staronowa w Pradze”
  • Portuguese: “Sinagoga Velha Nova”
  • Russian: “Староновая синагога”
  • Slovak: “Staronová synagóga”
  • Slovenian: “Stara nova sinagoga, Praga”
  • Slovenian: “Stara nova sinagoga”
  • Spanish: “Sinagoga Vieja Nueva”
  • Spanish: “Sinagoga Vieja-Nueva”
  • Swedish: “Gammal-nya synagogan”
  • Swedish: “Gammalnya synagogan i Prag”
  • Swedish: “Gammalnya synagogan”
  • Thai: “โบสถ์ยิวใหม่เก่า”
  • Turkish: “Eski Yeni Sinagog”
  • Ukrainian: “Старонова синагога”
  • Yiddish: “אַלטנוי שול”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old New Synagogue”. Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.