Jewish religion and culture

Connected Sites: 99

WHS with physical remains of Jewish religion or culture. These may include synagogues, cemeteries, and specific town quarters such as mellahs. Mikveh (ritual baths) are gathered in a separate connection.

Connected Sites

  • Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.45
    318
    10
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    611
    19
    Jewish quarter
  • Biblical Tells
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.03
    100
    10
  • Delos
    Delos
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.44
    107
    4
    Oldest synagogue in the diaspora (disputed; at least "an assembly hall for Jews")
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    499
    14
    Jewish cemetery (adjacent to the Piazza del Duomo)
  • Mazagan
    Mazagan
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.56
    98
    7
    Jewish quarter
  • Medina of Marrakesh
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.73
    335
    11
    Jewish cemetery
  • Old City of Acre
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.24
    158
    6
    Muallaq Mosque (former Old Synagogue)
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.18
    194
    7
    Sabbioneta - Jewish ghetto
  • Samarkand
    Samarkand
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.37
    167
    6
    Gumbaz Synagogue and Jewish Mahalla
  • Split
    Split
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.53
    359
    11
    Synagogue in Diocletian's Palace
  • Cesky Krumlov
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.96
    272
    17
    Synagogue
  • Paramaribo
    Paramaribo
    Suriname
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.38
    42
    3
    Neve Shalom Synagogue 1665
  • Olinda
    Olinda
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.06
    46
    4
    Rua dos Judeus - site of first synagogue in the Americas 1641. During the Dutch rule there was a lot of religious freedom, and many Sephardic Jews originally from Portugal migrated to Olinda. With the return of the Jewish-unfriendly Portuguese rule in 1654, the Jewish community was given 90 days to sell off their goods and leave on the first available ship. Many of the houses built by Jewish merchants still stand today on what was once called "Rua dos Judeus" (Jews' Street),
  • Telc
    Telc
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.11
    182
    13
    Jewish street, with its synagogue now a police station
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.05
    378
    10
    Synagogue (1786) in the via delle Scotte
    See moked.it
  • Regensburg
    Regensburg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.07
    281
    9
    Former Synagogue at Am Brixener Hof 2
  • L'viv
    L'viv
    Ukraine
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.61
    133
    7
    Ruins of the synagogue at the city walls
  • Colonia del Sacramento
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.70
    142
    12
    Mikveh
  • Zamość
    Zamość
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.04
    113
    6
    Sepharadi Synagogue
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.37
    235
    12
    Jewish cemetery in Krems
  • Banska Stiavnica
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.92
    153
    10
    synagogue
  • Riga
    Riga
    Latvia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.54
    356
    15
    Synagogue
    See www.jews.lv
  • Medina of Tétouan
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.98
    110
    9
    Jewish mellah
  • Tauric Chersonese
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.83
    23
    4
    The basilica was probably built in the 6th century on the site of an earlier temple, assumed by historians to be a synagogue, itself replacing a small temple dating from the early days of Christianity (wiki)
  • Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.49
    213
    8
    Mellah
  • Simien National Park
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.46
    52
    11
    Historically they were inhabited by Ethiopian Jews (the Beta Israel), who after repeated attacks by the zealous Christian Emperors in the 15th century withdrew from the province of Dembiya into the more defensible Semien mountains.(Wiki)
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    395
    10
    Judegass, where the Jewish ghetto used to exist
  • Necropolis of Bet She'arim
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.86
    62
    4
    associated with Rabbi Judah the Patriarch, the spiritual and political leader of the Jewish people (OUV)
  • Lübeck
    Lübeck
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.19
    277
    9
    historic synagogue next to St.-Anne-Kloster
  • ShUM Sites
    ShUM Sites
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.38
    171
    7
  • Urbino
    Urbino
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.27
    185
    8
    "The synagogue is located at the entrance to a narrow street, near the city walls and is distinguished by an inscription from the mid '500 in which the hymn "Eternal God", written by Rabbi Mordechai Dato, identified the ritual of local Italian Jews and those coming from Spain, Sephardic Jews, or Germany, Ashkenazi Jews."
    See urbinotourguide.com
  • Djerba
    Djerba
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.77
    52
    5
    Includes "the vestiges of Hara Sghira, a Jewish residential neighbourhood dating back to the 10th century CE, and includes remains of a Jewish school, cemeteries, and a number of synagogues", as well as the Synagogue El Ghriba.
  • Modernist Kaunas
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.56
    134
    5
    Choral Synagogue
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Naples
    Naples
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.48
    436
    9
    Sinagoga di Napoli
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    662
    13
    Jewish ghetto
  • Caceres
    Caceres
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.14
    150
    6
    Jewish quarter
  • Medina of Fez
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.73
    261
    9
    Mellah + Rue des Mérinides + Synagogue Ibn Danan + Cimetière juif
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    546
    15
    Medieval synagogue on Buda hill
  • Meknes
    Meknes
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.96
    218
    6
    Jewish quarter
  • Provins
    Provins
    France
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.90
    188
    13
    "The oldest building in the town is probably the 12th century Maison Romane (now the Museum), constructed in coursed dressed stone. Its location in the former Jewish quarter suggests that it may originally have been a rabbinical school or even a synagogue."
  • Quedlinburg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.25
    211
    9
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.93
    139
    11
    Very fine Neo-Byzantine synagogue from 1896. At the time La Chaux-de-Fonds had 850 recorded Jewish inhabitants
  • Jodensavanne
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.65
    14
    2
    "two component parts that illustrate early Jewish colonisation attempts in the New World" (AB ev)
  • Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.13
    67
    5
  • Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    226
    11
    ME05 Douaumont French Ossuary, National French Necropolis, Jewish Monument and Muslim Monument
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    387
    15
    Old Synagogue
  • Cordoba
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    377
    9
  • Cologne Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.53
    481
    24
    "Jewish tablets Embedded in the interior wall are a pair of tablets on which are carved the provisions worked out by Archbishop Englebert II (1262-67) under which Jews were permitted to reside in Cologne"
  • Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.25
    60
    9
    Jewish graves
  • Berat and Gjirokastra
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.54
    186
    7
    Sabbatai Zevi's Tomb in Berat
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    68
    5
    Central Synagogue
  • Rabat
    Rabat
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.16
    212
    7
    Mellah (Jewish Ghetto)
  • Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.90
    22
    3
    Sardis had a significant Jewish enclave with a massive Synagogue, of which the remains are still present
  • Žatec – Landscape of Hops
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.97
    73
    8
    "Further socio-cultural features include a synagogue (built 1871-1872), which testifies to the Jewish community’s former involvement in hop production and trade" (AB ev)
  • Zabid
    Zabid
    Yemen
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.34
    10
    2
    Synagogue
  • Willemstad
    Willemstad
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.03
    80
    4
    Snoga Synagogue, the oldest in the Americas
  • Inscribed: 2003
    2.43
    210
    11
    Synagogue at Bialik Square
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    592
    20
    Stadttempel, Underground medieval synagogue
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    318
    12
    Koblenz destroyed Jewish cemetery had a small synagogue which is still in use. Plus: The Rabbi of Bacherach by Heinrich Heine
  • Trebic
    Trebic
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.64
    161
    10
  • Toledo
    Toledo
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.96
    333
    13
  • Tokaji Wine Region
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.53
    123
    8
    Jewish cemetery
  • Thessalonika
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.97
    243
    9
    Hagios Demterios was renovated after the Great Fire of 1917 using tombstones from the Jewish cemetery
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.59
    248
    8
    The Jewish community settled in the Giudecca quarter on Ortygia until 1492, having built the synagogue and mikvehs in that area. (wiki)
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Susa
    Susa
    Iran
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.40
    30
    4
    Esther Scroll
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Spissky Hrad and Levoca
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.16
    162
    15
    Synagogue at Spissky Podhradie (the oldest in Slovakia)
  • Segovia
    Segovia
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.85
    267
    16
    Old Main Synagogue
  • Saint Catherine Area
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.50
    106
    8
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    205
    11
    Jewish cemetery
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    586
    16
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    681
    20
    Mémorial de la Shoah
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Paphos
    Paphos
    Cyprus
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.27
    220
    9
    Agia Solomoni catacomb church is believed to have been once the synagogue of the Roman Paphos.
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
  • Nice
    Nice
    France
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.78
    354
    5
    Synagogue + a Jewish cemetery on the Colline du Château.
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    275
    8
    The Sinagoga Histórica, also known as Templo Nidjei Israel, at Justo Sierra 71, and founded in 1941, is the third synagogue established in the city and the first founded by Ashkenazi Jews. Since its reopening in 2009, it has acted as a community center and a center for cultural and religious activities. The neighborhood of Merced -at the historic center- held a great community of Jews from the start of the XX century.
    See mxcity.mx
  • Medina of Essaouira
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.15
    183
    6
    Jewish quarter
  • Masada
    Masada
    Israel
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.77
    194
    11
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    438
    19
    "The medieval town of Kazimierz, which includes the suburb of Stradom (chartered in 1335), was shaped by the Catholic and Jewish faiths and their respective cultures and customs." (OUV)
  • Historic Cairo
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.66
    299
    11
    Ben Azra Synagogue
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    442
    16
    Jewish cemeteries in Bad Kissingen, Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně
  • Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.56
    183
    10
    Wörlitz Synagogue: "built in 1790 by order of Duke Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau. ..The duke, a follower of the Enlightenment, had the synagogue built as an expression of his tolerance policy but also as an ornament for his gardens."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    588
    15
    Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue)
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    Synagogue and jewish cemetery
  • Fasil Ghebbi
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.13
    58
    3
    Fasil Ghebbi and the other remains in Gondar city demonstrate a remarkable interface between internal and external cultures, with cultural elements related to Ethiopian Orthodox Church,Ethiopian Jews and Muslims. (UNESCO website)
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    77
    5
    Several synagogues, among those the French Synagogue
  • Coro and its Port
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.64
    16
    2
    Synagogue
  • Corfu
    Corfu
    Greece
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.97
    203
    9
    Scuola Greca Synagogue
    See commons.wikimedia.org
  • Colonies of Benevolence
    Colonies of Benevolence
    Belgium, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.13
    147
    7
    In the Veenhuizen Colony, a synagogue was built in 1839. "In 1894 the synagogue was converted into an office, although the main design of its exterior has been preserved." Veenhuizen also has "remnants of (a) Jewish cemetery (...), with one remaining gravestone". (Nomination file, p. 66, 68)
  • Bukhara
    Bukhara
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 1993
    4.03
    156
    6
    Jewish quarter
  • Bridgetown
    Bridgetown
    Barbados
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.32
    96
    7
    Synagogue, established in 1654
  • Bardejov Town
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.83
    142
    7
  • Asmara
    Asmara
    Eritrea
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.93
    30
    2
    Asmara synagogue
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Arab-Norman Palermo
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.73
    231
    8
    ... fruitful coexistence of people of different origins (Muslim, Byzantine, Latin, Jewish, Lombard, and French) (OUV)
  • Aquileia
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.13
    175
    9
    Claim that mosaics in the "Paleo Christian museum" are from a synagogue
    See www.hebrewhistory.info
  • Amsterdam Canal Ring
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.78
    606
    9
    The large Portuguese Synagogue is actually outside the core zone, but the canal area includes minor synagogues and jewish almshouses
  • Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.75
    120
    9
  • M'Zab Valley
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.46
    35
    5
    There was a Jewish presence in Ghardaia from at least the Middle ages. In 1962 around 2700 of the. by then. remaining 3000 were evacuated in a special operation at the time of Algerian independence because of fears for their safety. A Jewish cemetery and the ruins of a Synagogue can be seen in/around Ghardaia. See link
    See www.einsteinmed.edu
  • Minaret of Jam
    Minaret of Jam
    Afghanistan
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.91
    7
    1
    Tombstones written in Hebrew, probably from a nearby Jewish cemetery, which indicate the presence of a sizable Jewish community