The Tempel Synagogue at twenty-four Miodowa Street is distinguished by its Moorish Revival façade, featuring horseshoe-arched windows and a superstructure of glazed tiles. Completed in eighteen sixty-two, it was built for the city’s…
Jewish Kazimierz History
This walk takes you through the heart of Kraków's historic Jewish quarter, stopping at centuries-old synagogues, bustling squares, and quiet cemeteries. You will see the area's deep medieval heritage, its tragic wartime history, and its vibrant modern cultural revival.
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1. Tempel Synagogue, Kraków
2. plac Nowy
Plac Nowy is the central square of the historic Kazimierz district in Kraków. You can identify it by the Okrąglak, a distinct, twelve-sided circular market hall standing in the middle of the paved area. Built in nineteen hundred, this…
3. Isaac Jakubowicz Synagogue
The Isaac Jakubowicz Synagogue features a high, stone-walled exterior distinguished by a monumental Baroque portal on Kupa Street. Completed in sixteen forty-four, this building was commissioned by Izaak Jakubowicz, a financier to King…
4. High Synagogue
The High Synagogue on Józefa Street in Kraków is identifiable by the three tall, semicircular windows on its upper level, which look out over the street from the building's facade. Completed in fifteen sixty-three in the late Renaissance…
5. Old Synagogue
The Old Synagogue on Szeroka Street is defined by its heavy, fortress-like exterior, featuring thick masonry walls, exterior buttressing, and high windows designed to withstand siege. As the oldest synagogue still standing in Poland, it…
6. Szeroka
Szeroka Street is actually an elongated rectangular square, broad enough to earn its name, which translates simply to wide. It functioned for centuries as the commercial and spiritual center of the Jewish community in the district of…
7. Remah Cemetery
The Remah Cemetery in the Kazimierz district of Kraków is one of the oldest existing Jewish cemeteries in Poland, established between fifteen thirty-five and fifteen fifty-one. You can identify the site by the wall of salvaged, broken…
8. Galicia Jewish Museum
The Galicia Jewish Museum occupies a long, converted industrial building on Dajwór Street, identifiable by its stark, post-industrial silhouette of exposed brick and tall windows. Once a pre-war furniture factory, the structure now houses…