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Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
Bardejov is a small but well-preserved, well-structured medieval fortified town that is typical of the urbanization in the region. Among other striking features, Bardejov contains a small Jewish quarter, which is organized around a fine 18th-century synagogue.
Historic City of Yazd
The city of Yadzd is located in the middle of the Iranian plateau, 270 km southeast of Isfahan, close to the Spice Route and the Silk Road. It is a vivid demonstration of how people in the desert survive with limited resources. Urban Water Supply By developing a qanat system for extracting groundwater, Yadzd's earthen architecture escaped modernization, which destroyed many traditional earthen towns, and preserved its traditional neighborhoods, qanats, traditional houses, bazaars, Turkish baths, mosques, synagogues, Zoroastrian temples and the historical gardens of Dawlat Abad.
ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz
Located in the Upper Rhine Valley, the contiguous site of the former royal cathedral cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz includes the Speyer Jewish Courtyard, which contains the synagogue and the Women's Synagogue (Yiddish for synagogue), the archaeological remains of the yeshiva (religious school), the courtyard and the still intact underground holy water font (ritual bath), which retains its superb architectural and construction quality. The property also includes the Worms Synagogue Complex, which contains the post-war reconstructed 12th-century synagogue and the 13th-century Women's Synagogue, the community hall (Rashi House) and the magnificent 12th-century holy water font. The collection also includes the Old Jewish Cemetery of Worms and the Old Jewish Cemetery of Mainz. The four component sites provide a tangible reflection of the emergence of early distinctive Ashkenazi customs and the development and settlement patterns of the Shum community, especially between the 11th and 14th centuries. The buildings that make up the property are prototypes for later European Jewish communities and religious buildings, as well as cemeteries. The acronym ShuUM stands for the Hebrew initials of Speyer, Worms and Mainz.
Erfurt's Medieval Jewish Heritage
The heritage site is located in the medieval old town of Erfurt, the capital of the Free State of Thuringia, and consists of three ancient buildings: the old synagogue, the baptistery, and the stone house. They show the life of the Jewish community in Central Europe in the Middle Ages (from the end of the 11th century to the middle of the 14th century AD) and its coexistence with the majority Christian community.
Eudensavannah Archaeological Site: Eudensavannah Settlement and Kasipola Creek Cemetery
<p>The archaeological site of Jodensavanne is located in northern Suriname, nestled in dense forests on the banks of the Suriname River. The collection of sites represents early Jewish attempts at colonization in the New World. The Jodensavanne settlement was established in the 1680s and includes the remains of what is believed to be the first architecturally significant synagogue in the Americas, as well as a cemetery, a boat landing area, and a military outpost. The Cassipora creek is the remains of an earlier settlement, established in the 1650s. The settlement was embedded in indigenous territory and was inhabited, owned and governed by Jews who lived alongside free and slave people of African descent. The settlement had the most extensive privileges and immunities known from the early modern Jewish world.</p>