Kazimierz city wall
Kazimierz city wall
with Old Synagogue behind it.
Reconstructed Kazimierz
city wall at the end of Szeroka street
The photograph above shows a part of
the reconstructed Kazimierz city wall at the southern end of
Szeroka street. The door to the Old Synagogue is to the left
of the little courtyard in front of the wall.
The photo below shows a reconstructed
portion of the original wall which surrounded the city of Kazimierz.
This wall, which is located behind the Old Synagogue, was torn
down in 1818 after Krakow became a Free City in 1815 under the
rule of the Austro-Hungarian empire. This area of Poland had
been under the control of Austria since 1772, when the First
Partition of Poland was made. At the beginning of the Austrian
occupation in 1772, the Jews were ordered to leave. It was in
the period following World War I, when Poland regained its independence,
that a large number of Jews came back to Krakow and settled in
Kazimierz.
Reconstructed city
wall on the left, Old Synagogue on the right
Back side of reconstructed
city wall that is shown above
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