Jodensavanne

Jodensavanne, the "Jewish Savanna", was a settlement of Sephardic Jewish planters on the Suriname River, south of Paramaribo. Granted privileges from the 1660s, the community built a self-governing town there with the Beracha ve Shalom synagogue, completed in 1685. It declined in the 18th century and was largely destroyed by fire in 1832. Its ruins and cemeteries are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.