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The white side wall of Etz Hayyim Synagogue with arched green-shuttered windows, beside its planted courtyard.
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Etz Hayyim Synagogue

Etz Hayyim, Hebrew for 'Tree of Life', is a synagogue in the former Jewish quarter of Chania's old town, in a building that began as a Venetian church and became a synagogue in the 17th century. Left in ruins after the island's Jewish community was deported in 1944, it was restored in the late 1990s and is again a place of worship, with a mikveh and tombs.

When to go

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Mon10:00–16:00
Tue10:00–16:00
Wed10:00–16:00
Thu10:00–16:00
Fri10:00–15:00
SatClosed
SunClosed

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