Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue in the small town of úštěk”. Today it says “an 18th-century jewish synagogue”.
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50°35′02″N 14°20′19″E  /  50.58389°N 14.33861°E  / 50.58389; 14.33861 Former synagogue in Úštěk, today Jewish museum, with a statue of Golem Úštěk Synagogue ( ) is a synagogue in the town of Úštěk in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic . The modest, Baroque synagogue is made of sandstone from a nearby quarry. The current structure was built shortly after the previous building was destroyed in a fire in 1793. It was in use until the Second World War . It survived the war, but the adjacent houses were torn down and the synagogue was allowed to deteriorate during the post-war period. The roof decayed, and the interior furnishings were burned. It was renovated by the Czech Jewish Federation in a project that began in 1995–2003 and 2010–2014. The synagogue was re-opened to the public in June 2014.1
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Former synagogue in Úštěk, today Jewish museum The Úštěk Synagogue is a synagogue in the small town of Úštěk , located in the northern part of the Czech Republic . The modest, Baroque synagogue of sandstone from a nearby quarry. This current structure was built using shortly after a 1793 fire that destroyed the earlier building. It was in use until the Second World War. It survived the war but in the post war period the adjacent houses were torn down and the synagogue allowed to deteriorate, the roof decayed and the interior furnishings were burned. It was renovated by the Jewish Museum of Prague in a project that began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 supported by the state and by the town of Úštěk.
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Former synagogue in Úštěk, today Jewish museum, with statue of Golem The Úštěk Synagogue is a synagogue in the small town of Úštěk , located in the northern part of the Czech Republic . The modest, Baroque synagogue of sandstone from a nearby quarry. This current structure was built using shortly after a 1793 fire that destroyed the earlier building. It was in use until the Second World War. It survived the war but in the post war period the adjacent houses were torn down and the synagogue allowed to deteriorate, the roof decayed and the interior furnishings were burned. It was renovated by the Jewish Museum of Prague in a project that began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 supported by the state and by the town of Úštěk.
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50°35′02″N 14°20′19″E  /  50.58389°N 14.33861°E  / 50.58389; 14.33861 Former synagogue in Úštěk, today Jewish museum, with statue of Golem The Úštěk Synagogue is a synagogue in the small town of Úštěk , located in the northern part of the Czech Republic .The modest, Baroque synagogue is made of sandstone from a nearby quarry.The current structure was built shortly after the previous building was destroyed in a fire in 1793. It was in use until the Second World War . It survived the war, but the adjacent houses were torn down and the synagogue was allowed to deteriorate during the post-war period. The roof decayed, and the interior furnishings were burned. It was renovated by the Jewish Museum of Prague in a project that began in 1997 and was completed in 2003, supported by the state and by the town of Úštěk.
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Former synagogue in Ústěk, Czech Republic Úštěk Synagogue ( Czech : Synagoga v Úštěku , German : Die Synagoge in Auscha , Hebrew : בית הכנסת אושה ) is an 18th-century Jewish synagogue , located in the town of Úštěk , in the Litoměřice District of the Ústí nad Labem Region , in the Czech Republic .The building has been spared of near complete collapse after 1989 and eventually restored to its original baroque appearance.It has served as the region's Jewish museum since 2014, as well as an active place of worship of the tiny local Jewish community.A weekday morning shacharit prayer of a local religious Jew donning on tefillin and tallit in the Úštěk Synagogue, 2023.
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synagogue in the small town of úštěk
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an 18th-century jewish synagogue
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