Spanish nighclub was actually a 14th century synagogue

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In the Andalucian city of Utrera, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 14th-century synagogue.

The discovery, made public on Tuesday, elevates the 14th-century structure to a rare group of medieval synagogues that have survived the years following Spain’s Jews were exiled in 1492.

For seven centuries the synagogue had been used later converted into a church, a hospital, and everything from a house for abandoned children to a restaurant and disco pub.

Over 400 years ago, there were references to the lost temple. “In that place, there were only foreign and Jewish people… who had their synagogue where the Hospital de la Misericordia now stands,” wrote local priest, historian, and poet Rodrigo Caro of Utrera in his 1604 history of the city.

Archaeologist Miguel Ángel de Dios told journalists that “the first thing to confirm is the presence of the prayer room” following years of analysis of the building’s walls and floor.

“The fundamental elements of the synagogue, such as the entrance hall,” he said, “or the perimeter benches that have emerged in this survey, now confirm that we are indeed in the prayer hall.”

Source - https://arkeonews.net/a-former-spanish-disco-pub-confirmed-as-lost-medieval-synagogue/?fbclid=IwAR3rbI4vbgziKZQD67v9EDyfJMpNq6nA4F1cVQEGSskioPjOgEHbMAP_rno

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Kind of sad in a way. Lots of old Churches, Synagogues and Mosques are turned into nightclubs or movie theaters or whatever in Europe.

Sometimes on purpose (in the Balkans they do this often to spite the other community) and sometimes without knowing at all. 

I hope these old beautiful places of worship can at least become like museums or exhibition places for art work and cultural expositions or something like that.

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The graffiti on the synagogue doesn't look like a historical fresco 

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I just imagined that a 100 years from now some catholic churches will become nightclubs and will play Lady Gaga's Babylon cause the theme is Ancient city style and 2020 is ancient for them.