Jewish Prague

The Jewish community in Prague is very old, with successive synagogues and cemeteries built on top of each other:

The oldest synagogue, called the New Old synagogue because it is built on the site of an older one, dates from 1270 and is one of the oldest in the world. It is still in use.

 Other synagogues in the very compact Jewish quarter:

And the magnificent Spanish Synagogue:

A Polish artist has created an open project to document where Europe's Jews lived before the Holocaust. When an individual's home address is located, and verified, the project places a metal plaque at that address. Here are two in Prague's city center: