vrijdag 16 maart 2018

Skywatch

The Portuguese Synagogue is a late 17th-century Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam, completed in 1675. The Amsterdam Sephardic community was one of the largest and richest Jewish communities in Europe during the Dutch Golden Age, and their very large synagogue reflected this. It still remains an active place of worship.

Linking to "Skywatch Friday"

17 opmerkingen:

  1. interessant om weten Marianne..

    ik zou ook niet direct aan Portugal gedacht hebben

    prettige dag

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  2. Glad they endure. You captured good golden light on the stone

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  3. I remember visiting this Synagogue on my visit to Amsterdam in 2015 and it was a very interesting history lesson.

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  4. It's good to hear that this place is still in business. So many places or worship have disappeared or been converted to something else.

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  5. Beautiful architecture!

    I've never been inside a synagogue, just outside.

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  6. It is very large! Glad it is still a place of worship!

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  7. That's wonderful it is still being used as a place of worship. The building is very big and impressive looking.

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  8. Architecturally it is nothing like any other synagogue I've seen. Good to know there is still an active congregation.

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  9. Interesting building and I like the history!

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  10. Nice that you threw in a bit of history with your sky watch.

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  11. Lovely to see how the light works in your photographs ...

    All the best Jan

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  12. From the outside I would not guess it a place of worship...I will bet it is beautiful inside.

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