Site photographSite photograph: the entrance of the Sassoon Synagogue in Mosul, photographed in 2018.Faisal Jeber / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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DESTINATION DOSSIER
A surviving synagogue ruin in Mosul associated with the Sassoon family and remembered for pointed arches, decorative brickwork and Hebrew inscriptions.
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CATEGORYSynagogue
REGIONNineveh
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What the atlas knows—and what it does not.
Locations marked approximate or city-level are intentionally shown with reduced precision. The source record remains accessible so interpretation never replaces evidence.
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Mosul city context
City context: a view across the older urban fabric of Mosul. It helps locate the Jewish heritage record within the city, but is not the exact site.
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Alqosh and its surrounding plain
City context: Alqosh and its surrounding plain. The view complements the documented Prophet Nahum complex by showing its wider town setting.
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Entrance of Sassoon Synagogue, Mosul, 2018
A documented photograph of the Sassoon Synagogue entrance, giving the Mosul record a direct architectural image.
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