Choral Temple (Bucharest)
Choral Temple | |
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Romanian: Templul Coral | |
![]() The façade of the synagogue, in 2011 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, Bucharest |
Country | Romania |
Location of the synagogue in Bucharest | |
Geographic coordinates | 44°25′52″N 26°06′24″E / 44.43106°N 26.10670°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) |
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Type | Synagogue architecture |
Style | Moorish Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1864 |
Completed | 1866 |
Materials | Brick |
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The Choral Temple (Romanian: Templul Coral) is a Progressive Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, in Bucharest, Romania. Designed in the Moorish Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1866.
History
[edit]Designed by Enderle and Freiwald and built between 1864 and 1866, it is a very close copy of Vienna's Leopoldstadt-Tempelgasse Great Synagogue, which had been built in 1855–1858. The synagogue was devastated by the far-right Legionaries in January 1941, but was then restored after World War II, in 1945. The main hall was recently refurbished, and re-opened in 2015. The synagogue is still hosts daily religious services in the small hall, being one of the few active synagogues in the city and in Romania.[2]
See also
[edit]- History of the Jews in Bucharest
- History of the Jews in Romania
- List of synagogues in Bucharest
- List of synagogues in Romania
- Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom
References
[edit]- ^ "Choral Temple in Bucharest". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ Krinsky, Carol Herselle (1996). Synagogues in Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning. Courier Corporation. ISBN 0486290786 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit] Media related to Choral Synagogue in Bucharest at Wikimedia Commons
- 1866 establishments in Romania
- 19th-century synagogues in Romania
- 20th-century attacks on Jewish institutions
- Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Romania
- Ashkenazi synagogues
- Historic monuments in Bucharest
- Moorish Revival architecture in Romania
- Moorish Revival synagogues
- Synagogues completed in 1866
- Synagogues in Bucharest
- European synagogue stubs
- Romanian religious building and structure stubs