✡ Paradesi Synagogue

India · Asia · 9.96°N, 76.26°E

The Paradesi Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue is a synagogue located in Mattancherry Jew Town, a suburb of the city of Kochi, Kerala, in India. It was built in 1568 A.D. by Samuel Castiel, David Belila, and Joseph Levi for the flourishing Paradesi Jewish community in Kochi. Cochin Jews were composed mainly of the much older Malabari Jews and the newly arrived Sephardic refugees from the Portuguese religious persecution of Jews in Spain and Portugal. It is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations. Paradesi is a word meaning foreign.

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Country	India
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	9.96°N, 76.26°E · view on map

Paradesi Synagogue is located in India, in Asia.

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