Throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, churches, monasteries, mosques, synagogues, prayer houses, cemeteries, and religious schools have been damaged or destroyed.
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Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
There are a number of Jewish schools and synagogues in the area, including the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, the oldest congregation in the country, established in 1768 and which moved to the neighborhood in 1947.
Throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, churches, monasteries, mosques, synagogues, prayer houses, cemeteries, and religious schools have been damaged or destroyed.
—
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
In Morocco, Zein learned the game playing on the streets of Tetouan, a city known for being the former Spanish Protectorate’s capital and whose city is lined with mosques and churches with Andalusian architectural influences.
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