Obj. ID: 25335
Jewish Architecture Great Synagogue in Edirne (Edirne Büyük Sinagogu), Turkey
© By CeeGee (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, Photographer: Unknown, 2015
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Name/Title
Great Synagogue in Edirne (Edirne Büyük Sinagogu) | Unknown
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Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1906
Synagogue active dates
until 1983 and from 2015
Reconstruction dates
1945, 1948, 2015
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
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Congregation
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Construction material
Brick
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
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)
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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
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Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Colophon
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Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Built in 1906, after the Great Fire of 1905, which destroyed all 13 synagogues in the city.
Abandoned in 1983; in 1995 transferred to the ownership of Directorate General of Foundations; the roof collapsed in 1997; restored 2015.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Güleryüz , Naim A. and Izzet Keribar. The Synagogues of Thrace and Anatolia (Istanbul: Gözlem Gazetecilik Basin ve Yayin Aş, 2008)
Zack, Joel A., The Historic Synagogues of Turkey / Türkie'nin tarihi sinagoglari, Photographs by Devon Jarvis (American Sephardi Federation, 2008)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Synagogue_of_Edirne
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.
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Object Copyright
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