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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1993
Name/Title
La Signora (Geveret) Synagogue in Izmir | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Interior
Settings
Unknown
Date
184?
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Location
Turkey | Izmir
| Kemeraltı, Havra St. (927 Sokak No:77)
Site
Unknown
School/Style
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Period
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Period Detail
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Documentation / Research project
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Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
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Subject
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Office building
Present Usage Details
headquarters of the İzmir Jewish Heritage Project, conference center
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Pricking
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Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
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Colophon
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Group
Group
Group
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Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance

Having undergone some repairs, with an office in its courtyard this synagogue is the headquarters of the İzmir Jewish Heritage Project. Currently not serving for religious purposes, it functions mainly as a conference hall.

Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography

http://www.izmirjewishheritage.com/synagogues-of-izmir

Esther Juhasz (ed.), Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire: Aspects of Material Culture (Jerusalem, 1990), p. 37, plate 6 before p. 33, ill. 25;

Alona Nitzan-Shiftan, "The Sephardi Synagogue: The Fusion of Sefardic Jewish Tradition with Ottoman Architectural Forms," in Attilio Petruccioli (ed.), Sefarad: Architettura e urbanistica ebraiche dopo il 1492 (Ferrara, 1992), pp. 129-144;

Giacomo Saban, "Sinagoghe sefardite nell'Imperio Ottomano," in Attilio Petruccioli (ed.), Sefarad: Architettura e urbanistica ebraiche dopo il 1492 (Ferrara, 1992), pp. 145-156 (p. 154);

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