Chania’s Jewish and Christian Quarters
Chania · Greece
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Follow a short sequence of three religious buildings in Chania, beginning at the Etz Hayyim Synagogue and continuing to two churches. At each stop, look closely at how Jewish and Christian places of worship shape the walk. The route offers a focused way to consider the city’s Jewish and Christian quarters through the buildings that represent them.
The walk
Etz Hayyim Synagogue
Crete’s sole surviving synagogue, rebuilt from a ruined Catholic church and restored after near disappearance.
Holy Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
A nineteenth-century Catholic cathedral with a diocese older than the building by six centuries.
Holy Metropolitan Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary (Trimartiri)
A cathedral that began as a soap factory, then became Chania’s great Orthodox church.
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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