Synagogue
Split Synagogue
Sixteenth-century Sephardic synagogue tucked into a narrow lane, still holding regular services.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Split Synagogue traces two fires three centuries apart: an early sixteenth-century blaze that pushed Sephardic refugees fleeing the Inquisition to rebuild inside the walls of a Roman emperor's old palace, and a June 1942 night when fascist squads dragged the congregation's Torah scrolls and archives into Narodni Square. Before the war roughly three hundred Jews called Split home, and a bronze plaque marking the burning site was only unveiled in 2018.
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