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Mikvé Israel-Emanuel

Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Mikvé Israel-Emanuel - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue (; ), in Willemstad, Curaçao, is the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas. It is commonly known as the Snoa (short for esnoga, an old Portuguese and Judaeo-Spanish word for synagogue) and is a major tourist attraction in Curaçao, with one notable group of visitors including Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her family, in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

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