V Pinkasove ulici by Vaclav Jansa - Prague, Czech Republic
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Pinkasova ulice // Pinkasova Street and Pinkasova Synagogue
Waymark Code: WMTR23
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/01/2017
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Pinkasova Street does not exist already today. At this point you can find just Pinkas Synagogue. The Pinkas Synagogue is the second oldest preserved synagogue in Prague. Built in the late Gothic style in 1535, it was founded by Aaron Meshulam Horowitz, a prominent member of the Prague Jewish Community, and probably named after his grandson, Rabbi Pinkas Horowitz. It was originally a place of prayer for the Horowitz family and was located near a ritual bath (mikveh). It was restored to its original form in 1950-54.
Pinkas Synagogue is part of former Jewish quarter. Most of the quarter was demolished between 1893 and 1913 as part of an initiative to model the city on Paris.
During The demolition was also significantly increased the level of terrain.
The author of this painting is Václav Jansa. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Václava Jansy' (
visit link) .
Vaclav Jansa (October 22, 1859 Slatinice - June 29, 1913 Cernošice) (
visit link) Czech landscape artist and illustrator, best known for these views, originally painted in water-colour.
Jansa was apprenticed to buyers, but later he devoted himself to his hobby of drawing and painting. Vaclav Jansa traveled a lot and took to painting landscapes. He painted mostly southern Bohemia and Giant Mountains. Since 1893 was redeveloped historic districts of Prague, Prague ghetto and parts of the Old and New Town. In this time Jansa painted cca 150 colored watercolors documenting disappearing part of the city.
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Pinkasova synagoga je dnes jedinou dochovanou památkou na svéráznou Pinkasovu ulici, vybíhající stranou z ulice Josefovské a koncící u zdi židovského hrbitova. Vpravo pred výrazným arkýrem Pinkasovy synagogy cást domu c.p. 285/V. Pinkasova synagoga je puvodne pozdne gotická stavba s prvky renesance z let 1607 -1625, rozšírená a prestavená v 1. ctvrtine 17. století do dnešní pozdne renesancní podoby. K výraznejší úprave synagogy došlo v 60. letech 19. století.
Vpolovine 50. let byl v objektu otevren Památník 77 297 židovských obetí nacistické perzekuce v Cechách a na Morave. V70. a 80. letech byla budova z duvodu vysoké vlhkosti uzavrena a v roce 1990 opet zprístupnena verejnosti spolu s expozicí detských kreseb z Terezína. Dnes se synagoga nachází výrazne pod úrovní Široké ulice, protože v souvislosti s výstavbou nábreží zde byl význame zmenen terén. Pred synagogou tzv. Archa - video-socha kanadské mediální umelkyne Melissy Shift, vystavovaná na prelomu let 2006/2007.