Dolní Kounice - synagogue

It was built in the years 1652-55 in the early Baroque style and is one of the oldest in Moravia. In 1851, a women's gallery with a parlor was added. During the German occupation, the interior was destroyed and the inventory taken away. After the war, it served most of the time as a warehouse. Only in the years 1998-2004 did it go through a comprehensive monument reconstruction. The walls of the interior are decorated with valuable baroque paintings and liturgical texts in…