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Obj. ID: 25267
Jewish Architecture
  Synagogue in Leiden, The Netherlands

© Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons, Photographer: Unknown, 2003

The synagogue was designed as a rectangular building with a hipped roof and replaced a former synagogue dating back to 1731. The building was constructed in 1762/63 by Huijbert van Roomburg and Jacobus Sanrenburgh. The front façade includes a Neo-Classical entrance and contains a Hebrew inscription referring to Haggai 2:9 and the date 1763. The building was damaged by an explosion in 1807 and was subsequently restored in 1809. The rectangular windows were replaced by rounded arched windows with cast-iron tracery in a drastic renovation by J. van Lith in the year 1857/58. The Torah ark and the women’s gallery can be dated back to 1807/07. The Torah ark was designed a Neo-Classical manner and contains four Tuscan columns and two pilasters supporting the entablature which includes a frieze with triglyphs and a triangular pediment. The women’s gallery is supported by a cornice, resting on top of two Ionic columns.

The synagogue was used for religious services until 1942. During the Second World War, the interior of the synagogue was looted. The Jewish religious services inside the building resumed in 1947. The benches and the bimah were taken from the synagogue in The Hague (De Carpentierstraat; now demolished). The chandeliers were taken from an older synagogue in The Hague (Wagenstraat).

The synagogue was renovated in 1977/78 by the architect P. van der Sterre.

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Summary and Remarks

The synagogue was first built in 1723. A new synagogue was built on the same place in 1763.

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Name/Title
Synagogue in Leiden | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
1763 (inscription)
Synagogue active dates
until today
Reconstruction dates
1858, 1947
Artist/ Maker
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Origin
Historical Origin
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Community type
Congregation
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Location
The Netherlands | Leiden
| Levendaal 16 | 2311 JL
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Brick
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Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
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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)
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Ornamentation
Custom
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Façade (main)
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Location of Apse
Location of Niche
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

van Agt, J.F., Edward van Voolen. Synagogen in Nederland (Hilversum: Gooi and Sticht, 1988)

van Voolen, Edward, Paul Meijer. Synagogen van Nederland (Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2006)
http://jck.nl/en/page/leiden
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Author of description
Remy Arkenbosch | 2018
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