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synagogue Simon Attias

Essaouira, MA

synagogue Simon Attias

The Simon Attias Synagogue is a former Jewish synagogue, located in Essaouira, formerly known as Mogador, in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco. It is also known as the Bet Ha-Knesset Simon Attias, M'sod Attias and Shaarei T'filah (bet kenesset, 'house of assembly' or Hebrew: בית תפילה, romanized: bet tefila,

lit. 'House of Prayer'). The synagogue was built in 1882. The former synagogue has been incorporated as part of Bayt Dakira, a Jewish museum.

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