Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 1936-47 survey of palestine map”. Today it says “complex of four adjoining synagogues located in the jewish quarter of the old city of jerusalem”.
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They form a complex which comprises four adjoining synagogues which were built at different periods to accommodate the religious needs of the Sephardic community, each congregation practising a different rite .1With the closing of the Ramban Synagogue at the command of the Ottoman sultan in 1589, there ceased to be a Jewish house of prayer in Jerusalem and the Jews, many of whom were descendants of immigrants who had arrived after the expulsion from Spain in 1492, were forced to pray privately in their own homes.2At the beginning of the 17th century a new synagogue, the Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue, was inaugurated.3In 1835 Muhammad Ali , viceroy of Egypt who ruled Jerusalem at the time, permitted the refurbishment of the synagogues which had been denied since their construction. At the entrance to the Istanbuli Synagogue is a plaque commemorating the restoration. After the fall of the Jewish Quarter during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the synagogues were burnt and desecrated and turned into horse stables. After the Six Day War the synagogues were restored by architect Dan Tanai.4
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Four Sephardic Synagogues complex exterior The Four Sephardic Synagogues are located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem . They form a complex which comprises four adjoining synagogues which were built at different periods to accommodate the religious needs of the Sephardic community, each congregation practising a different rite . Today, most of them are in active use.
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The four synagogues; the left hand map is a 1936-47 Survey of Palestine map (only three of the synagogues are highlighted) Four Sephardic Synagogues complex exterior The Four Sephardic Synagogues are a complex of four adjoining synagogues located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem .The four synagogues include the Eliahu Ha'navi Synagogue (established c. 1586), the Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue (whose current building dates to the beginning of the 17th century), the Istanbuli Synagogue (established c. 1764), and the Emtsai Synagogue ("Middle Synagogue," also known as the Kahal Tzion Synagogue ) formed from a courtyard amidst the synagogues that was roofed in the mid-18th century.The synagogues were built to accommodate the religious needs of Jerusalem's Sephardic community, with each congregation practicing a different rite , and most remain in active use.
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Sephardic religious complex in Jerusalem The Four Sephardic Synagogues are a complex of four adjoining synagogues located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem . The four synagogues include: the Eliahu Ha'navi Synagogue (established c. 1586 ), the Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue (whose current building dates to the beginning of the 17th century), the Istanbuli Synagogue (established c. 1764 ), and the Emtsai Synagogue ("Middle Synagogue," also known as the Kahal Tzion Synagogue ) formed from a courtyard amidst the synagogues that was roofed in the mid-18th century. The synagogues were built to accommodate the religious needs of Jerusalem's Sephardic community, with each congregation practicing a different rite , and most remain in active use. The four synagogues; the left hand map is a 1936-47 Survey of Palestine map (only three of the synagogues are highlighted)
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a 1936-47 survey of palestine map
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complex of four adjoining synagogues located in the jewish quarter of the old city of jerusalem
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