Medieval Synagogue Portal

A Gothic entrance portal is the only surviving relic of Bratislava's medieval synagogue. This precious monument, discovered during the restoration of a house in the heart of the city's Old Town in the 1990s, is located at the back of the courtyard of the Corpus Christi Chapel compound. The synagogue was mentioned in 1335, when Pope Benedict XII informed the Archbishop of Esztergom that Cistercian monks had complained that they were being disturbed in their chapel by noise from this synagogue. In 1360, the Jews were expelled from Bratislava for the first time, and the synagogue was converted into the Corpus Christi Chapel. The Judenhof, a special house inhabited by Jewish residents, stood nearby during the Middle Ages.