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Jewish Architecture
  Leipziger Temple in Piatra Neamţ, Romania

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 2009

The Leipziger Temple in Piatra-Neamţ was originally built by David and Pinchas Kolomier in 1839 and renovated in 1904 after a fire. The rebuilt synagogue features a high curved roof and two tiers of windows. The windows in the upper tier are circular, while those in the lower tier are semicircular (forming the top section of an arch). Atypically the eastern wall, which contains the niche for the Torah ark inside the main prayer hall, is a long wall; the prayer hall is thus wide instead of long. The exterior of the eastern wall (at the place corresponding to the niche for the Torah ark) features a rectangular apse decorated with pilasters, a blind arch, and an inscription with the name of the synagogue.

See: A. Streja and L. Schwarz, The Synagogue in Romania, 2nd ed. (Bucharest: Hasefer, 2009), p. 154.


For the interior of the main prayer hall see:


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Name/Title
Leipziger Temple in Piatra-Neamţ | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
1839 (building), 1904 (renovated completely), 1920s (wall paintings)
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
1970s (restoration)
Artist/ Maker
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Historical Origin
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Community type
Congregation
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Location
Romania | Moldavia | Piatra-Neamţ
| 7 Dimitrie Ernici St.
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Material Decoration
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
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Documented by CJA
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
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Number of Lines
Ruling
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
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Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
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Colophon
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Sources
A. Streja and L. Schwarz. The Synagogue in Romania. Bucharest: Hasefer, 2009. Pp.154-155.
Type
Documenter
Khaimovich Boris | 2014
Author of description
Khaimovich Boris | 2014
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
Yeshayahu Gruber | 2015
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