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Jacob Judah Leon Templo

Scholar and model maker · 1602–1675

Sephardi · EstablishedOttoman, North African & Western Centers

Amsterdam scholar of Sephardic descent, famous across Europe for his model of Solomon's Temple, which earned him the name Templo.

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