High Synagogue

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The High Synagogue is a historic Jewish house of worship in Kraków’s Kazimierz district, notable for its Renaissance architecture and role in the city’s former Jewish quarter.

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High Synagogue canonical 2
High Synagogue (English) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance architecture
historic building
synagogue
architecturalStyle Renaissance
associatedWithEvent Holocaust destruction of Kraków’s Jewish community
category Jewish heritage sites in Poland
Renaissance synagogues
Synagogues in Kraków
country Poland
culturalContext Galician Jewish culture
Polish–Jewish history
denomination Ashkenazi Jews
surface form: Ashkenazi Judaism
hasConservationStatus subject to heritage protection regulations
hasFeature Renaissance façade
Renaissance interior elements
Torah ark
surface form: Torah ark (historically)

bimah (historically)
elevated main hall
masonry construction
prayer hall on upper floor
women’s gallery (historically)
hasFloorCount multiple storeys
hasFunction house of worship
place of prayer
hasMaterial brick
stone
hasNameInLanguage High Synagogue self-linksurface differs
surface form: High Synagogue (English)

Wysoka Synagoga (Polish)
hasTourismRole site on Jewish heritage routes in Kraków
tourist attraction in Kraków
heritage Jewish heritage
heritageDesignation historic monument
locatedIn Kazimierz
Kraków
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Poland
former Jewish quarter of Kraków
locatedNear Old Synagogue (Kraków)
Remah Synagogue
notableFor Renaissance architecture
role in Kraków’s former Jewish quarter
partOf Kazimierz Jewish Quarter
surface form: Kazimierz historic Jewish district

ensemble of historic synagogues in Kazimierz
postWarUse partially restored building
region Central Europe
religion Judaism
usedAs museum or exhibition space (in modern times)
usedBy Jewish community of Kraków

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kazimierz hasReligiousBuilding High Synagogue
Kazimierz Jewish Quarter contains High Synagogue
High Synagogue hasNameInLanguage High Synagogue self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: High Synagogue (Kraków)
this entity surface form: High Synagogue (English)