The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Judaism

A globally significant 17th-century Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam that remains an active house of prayer.

Shaaré Tikvá Synagogue

Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal Judaism

Lisbon’s historic Shaaré Tikvá synagogue, inaugurated in 1904 as the first purpose-built synagogue in Portugal since the late-15th-century suppression of public Judaism.

Kadoorie – Mekor Haim Synagogue

Porto, Porto District, Portugal Judaism

The monumental synagogue of Porto’s Jewish community, inaugurated in 1938 and today an active centre of Jewish religious life in northern Portugal.

Tomar Synagogue

Tomar, Santarém District, Portugal Judaism

A rare surviving 15th-century Portuguese synagogue, now the Abraham Zacuto Luso-Hebrew Museum and a key witness to medieval Jewish life in Tomar.

Vienna Stadttempel

Seitenstettengasse, Vienna, Innere Stadt, Austria Judaism

Vienna’s historic main synagogue, consecrated in 1826 and preserved through the destruction of Jewish houses of worship in November 1938.

Beth Elisheva Synagogue

Sukhumvit Soi 22, Bangkok, Khlong Toei, Thailand Judaism

Bangkok’s oldest extant synagogue and a central house of worship for the Jewish Association of Thailand.

Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue

Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Judaism

The Jewish house of worship within Abu Dhabi’s Abrahamic Family House on Saadiyat Island.

Kal Shalom Synagogue, Kos

Kos, South Aegean, Greece Judaism

Kal Shalom Synagogue in Kos Town is a restored Jewish religious and memory site associated with the island’s pre-war Jewish community.

Monastirioton Synagogue, Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece Judaism

Monastirioton Synagogue in Thessaloniki is one of the most important surviving institutions of the city’s once vast Jewish community.

Kahal Shalom Synagogue, Rhodes

Rhodes, South Aegean, Greece Judaism

Kahal Shalom Synagogue stands in the former Jewish quarter of Rhodes Old Town and is the island’s surviving historic synagogue.

Worms Synagogue

Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Judaism

Historic synagogue complex whose medieval forms influenced later Ashkenazi synagogue architecture across Central Europe.

Holy Sand Jewish Cemetery, Worms

Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Judaism

Ancient Jewish cemetery at Worms, preserving a dense landscape of medieval and later Hebrew-inscribed gravestones.