Day 7 Old-New, Klausen, and Spanish Synagogues

Entering the nave, lit with a few small stained glass windows and chandeliers

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Overall layout is a double nave system, similar to churches.

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The round stained glass window at the east end

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Stained glass window in the north wall

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The stained glass window in the west wall.

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Details of the altar

How to figure out who is on site and available!

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Dark hallway in the Old New Synagogue

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One of several school tours visiting the Prague ghetto

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Praha, Czechia

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These tourists look tired already at 10:30 in the morning!

Praha, Czechia

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Inside the Klausen Synagogue, looking at the exhibits and videos.

The largest of the synagogues remaining in the ghetto, it is quite bright and airy

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Morning light brings out the pastel colors of the stained glass.

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Menorah for lighting the balcony at the Klausen Synagogue

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Tubular glass chandeliers, Klausen Synagogue

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Very modern exterior of the Spanish Synagogue, with the Franz Kafka monument in front.

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Holy Ghost Church in the Jewish ghetto area, right next to the Spanish Synagogue.

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Forsythia blooming outside Holy Ghost Church, Praha, Czechia

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Moorish inspired interior of the Spanish Synagogue, the newest one in the Jewish ghetto.

More ornate chandeliers than in the other synagogues

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Stained glass window above the ark, showing off the gilded and polychromic parquet arabesque.

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More stained glass on the eastern wall above the balcony.

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Lots of photography being done! Southern balcony, I think.

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Skylight and chandelier in the dome overhead with the gilded and polychromic parquet arabesque.

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Ark in main hall of the Spanish Synagogue

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The central dome and skylight illuminating the main hall.

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Stained glass of the west wall.

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The main hall , with the dome overhead.

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Torah ark, Spanish Synagogue.

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Detail on the balustrade of the torah ark.

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Dome illuminating the main hall, taken from the west balcony.

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Main hall, second story balcony, Spanish Synagogue.

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Another view of the skylight and chandelier overhead.

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Details of the stained glass in the east wall. Colors complementing those of the walls inside.

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Organ at the end of the east balcony.

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Some of the artifacts on display at the Spanish Synagogue.

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