BEVIS MARKS SYNAGOGUE
The oldest synagogue in Great Britain, it was built in 1701 by Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had fled the Inquisition. Resistance to Jews was still very strong at the time, and the synagogue was therefore built at the back of a courtyard so that it could not be seen from the main street. Virtually unchanged since its construction, it is a poignant historical testimony of one of the refugee communities in the East End. It is based on the model of the Amsterdam synagogue and inspired by the Christopher Wren style.
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