Great Synagogue

The Great Synagogue in Pilsen (Sady Pětatřicátníků) is the second largest synagogue in Europe (third in the world). It was built in the years 1890-93 in the Moorish-Romanesque style. Since 1894, it has been one of the landmarks of Pilsen, where a large and prosperous Jewish community lived until the beginning of the Second World War. The magnificent building with an interesting interior is testimony to the wealth of the Jewish community in Pilsen, but it was during the occupation...