Kupa Synagogue

Kupa Synagogue
Synagoga Kupa
View from Kupa Street (from S)
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1643–1945) Profane use (1959–1991) Jewish museum (since 1996)
Status	Abandoned; Repurposed
Location
Location	27 Miodowa Street (entrance) 8 Warszauera Street, Kazimierz, Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Country	Poland
Location of the synagogue in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates	50°03′09.5″N 19°56′44.5″E / 50.052639°N 19.945694°E / 50.052639; 19.945694
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Baroque Moorish Revival
Completed	1643
Materials	Brick
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The Kupa Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga Kupa), also known as the Synagogue of the Poor (Polish: Synagoga Ubogich), is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, that is located at 8 Warszauera Street, in the historic Kazimierz district of Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland. The 17th-century former synagogue is located in a neighborhood earmarked in 1495 by King John I Albert for the Jewish community, that was transferred from the budding Old Town.

Devastated by Nazis during World War II, the former synagogue was used for profane purposes until 1991; and has subsequently operated as a Jewish museum since 1996.^[2] The building served Kraków's Jewish community as one of the venues for religious ceremonies and cultural festivals, notably the annual Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków.^[3]