Obj. ID: 25378
Jewish Architecture Synagogue in Vianen, The Netherlands
© Gbennink, via Wikimedia Commons, Photographer: Unknown, 2015
A former synagogue was located on site of this synagogue in Vianen which can be dated back to the year 1756. It was subsequently renovated in the 1828 and 1847. During these later renovations, the synagogue received its current windows and stucco facades. The interior contains a wooden vaulted ceiling and a women’s gallery supported by Tuscan pillars.
The Jewish community of Vianen was dissolved in 1920. The building has been redeveloped and used as a church since 1924.
Summary and Remarks
Since 1924 the building of the former synagogue has been used as a church by the Nederlandse Protestanten Bond (Dutch Protestant Union).
Remarks
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Name/Title
Synagogue in Vianen | Unknown
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Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1756
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
renovated in 1828 and in 1848
Artist/ Maker
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Origin
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Construction material
Brick
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Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Church
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
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Ornamentation
Custom
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
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Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Colophon
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Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
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/vianen
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Author of description
Remy Arkenbosch | 2018
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Computer Reconstruction
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Object Copyright
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