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    Synagogue architecture often follows styles in vogue at the place and time of construction. There is no set blueprint for synagogues and the architectural...
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    A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It has a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes...
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    Moorish Revival spread around the globe as a preferred style of synagogue architecture for a long period until the early 20th century. In Spain, the country...
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    synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster, believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural...
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    "Old-New Synagogue". synagogue.cz. p. 15. Retrieved 25 September 2022. Krinsky, Carol Herselle (1996). Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning...
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    the new synagogue, the lot in central Sofia had been occupied by an older synagogue. One of the architectural monuments of Sofia, the synagogue, located...
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    Poland, and one of the most precious landmarks of Jewish architecture in Europe. The synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was...
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    The list of wooden synagogues shows destroyed and extant synagogues, the builders of which adapted an architecture traditional in Central and Eastern...
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    The Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca (Spanish: Sinagoga de Santa María La Blanca, lit. 'Synagogue of Saint Mary the White') or Ibn Shoshan Synagogue is...
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    Australia and is a rare example of the Egyptian Revival style of synagogue architecture. The Egyptian Revival building was constructed in 1845. The trapezoidal...
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    less elaborate synagogue. It is one of the finest surviving pieces of religious architecture in the art nouveau style. The former synagogue was designated...
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    style of synagogue architecture in the United Kingdom, and a synagogue emulating its design can be found in Sydney, Australia. Princes Road Synagogue came...
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    The Grand Synagogue of Nuremberg was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg), in the state of Bavaria...
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    indicating that synagogues additionally functioned as a communal centres. Some modern-day synagogue architects have relied upon synagogue architecture in ancient...
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    Wooden synagogues are an original style of vernacular synagogue architecture that emerged in the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The style developed...
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    Beth Sholom Congregation (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) (category 20th-century synagogues in the United States)
    The synagogue building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007 for its architecture. The congregation originally established a synagogue in...
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    The Great Synagogue of London was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the City of London, England, in the United Kingdom....
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    century and their first synagogue completed in 1766. The current synagogue was completed in 1833 and is defined by its unique architecture around the Ark. During...
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    Great Synagogue (Czech: Velká synagoga) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Plzeň, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue is the...
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    area they were to work on. Judaism regards the Torah ark, a place in a synagogue where the Torah scrolls are kept, as a miniature Holy of Holies. The exact...
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    Szeged Synagogue (Hungarian: Szegedi zsinagóga), also called the Great Synagogue and the New Synagogue, is a Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue, located...
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    Torah ark (redirect from Ark (synagogue))
    built-in arks in synagogues, such as the 1763 Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, which was inspired by a trend of grandeur in architectural design. The...
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    Spanish Synagogue (Czech: Španělská synagoga, German: Spanische Synagoge, Hebrew: בית הכנסת הספרדי) is a former Conservative Jewish synagogue, located...
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    the synagogue is one of the most characteristic works of Hungarian synagogue architecture before World War I. The complex includes the synagogue, beit...
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    Synagogue which the community outgrew. Because of its Moorish style and resemblance to the Alhambra, the New Synagogue is an important architectural monument...
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    Jubilee Synagogue (Czech: Jubilejní synagoga), also known as the Jerusalem Synagogue (Czech: Jeruzalémská synagoga), is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located...
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    The Great Synagogue of Rome (Italian: Tempio Maggiore di Roma) is the largest synagogue in Rome. The Jewish community of Rome goes back to the 2nd century...
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    The Worms Synagogue (German: Worms Synagoge), also known as Rashi Shul, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue located in the northern part of the city...
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    The Pinkas Synagogue (Czech: Pinkasova synagoga) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Široká 3, in the Jewish Town of Prague, in...
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    Charlottenburg purchased the premises in 1905 and following an architecture competition the synagogue was built from 1910 in a Romanesque Revival style (similar...
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