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The Izaak Synagogue (), formally known as the Isaak Jakubowicz Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue from 1644 situated in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland.Isaak Synagogue, Krakow, Poland The synagogue is named for its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz (d. 1673), also called Isaac the Rich, a banker to King Ladislaus IV of Poland. The synagogue was designed by Italian-born architect Francesco Olivierri.Carol Herselle Krinsky, Synagogues of Europe, MIT University Press, 1985, p. 205 Read more on Wikipedia

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