Bevis Marks Synagogue (Jewish)

The oldest Jewish house of worship in London; established by the Sephardic Jews in 1698, the Bevis Marks Synagogue was for more than a century the religious center of the Anglo-Jewish world, and served as a clearing-house for congregational and individual troubles all the world over. The synagogue's most prominent feature is undoubtedly the beautiful Renaissance-style ark (containing the Torah scrolls) located at the centre of the Eastern wall of the building. Among the early members of the congregation was the grandfather of Benjamin Disraeli. admission fee applies)