Obj. ID: 8577
Jewish Architecture Great Synagogue in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
The report "Jewish Historic Monuments and Sites in Bulgaria" published by The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad in 2011 states the following:
Stavri Temelkov, a prominent representative of the Bratzigovo architectural school, built this synagogue in 1850. The symmetrical building is five meters high and has 30 windows. Typical of many 19th century synagogues of the Balkans during the period of Ottoman rule, there are four wooden pillars in the center of the synagogue on which would have been placed the missing bimah (an elevated platform from which Torah is read aloud). There are geometrical patterns carved in the wooden ceiling. The walls are covered with decorative paintings. The building is used as a warehouse.
“Jewish Historic Monuments and Sites in Bulgaria.” The United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, 2011, Part 1, p. 11.
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The interior is decorated with paintings.
Harbova, Margarita, Tri khrama tri religii: edna zemia, narichana b"lgarska (Sofia, 1999), p. 203, 205; ill. 112 on p. 209-plan.
Hazan, Elko, The Concise Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities and their Synagogues in Bulgaria (Sofia: Kamea Design, 2012), pp. 57-67 with ills.