Jews’ Square
Judenplatz, 1010 Vienna - Austria
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From 1294 to 1421 this was the centre of Vienna’s Jewish quarter and included a school, synagogue and hospital. The square was also a centre for Jewish traders, bankers and scholars but all that came to an end in the early 15th century. A plaque on the oldest building in the square ‘Zum grossen Jordan’ displays a plaque commemorating the pogrom of 1421 when hundreds of Jews were either slaughtered or committed suicide whilst being expelled from the city. Remains of the synagogue, along with other artefacts, can be seen in the Jewish Museum.
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