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Obj. ID: 9488
Jewish Architecture
  Synagogue in Sabile, Latvia

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Kravtsov, Sergey, 2007
Summary and Remarks
Remarks

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Name/Title
Synagogue in Sabile | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
1875-1890
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
After 1990
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Latvia | Kurzeme | Sabile
| 4 Sinagogas St. (4 Strauta St.)
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Iconographical Subject
Unknown |
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Brick
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Yes
Documented by CJA
Yes
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Cultural center
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person

Was purchased as a cannery, restored, and converted into a museum  by Latvian sculptor Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs.

Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Painted wooden vault.

Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
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
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
yes
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Bogdanova, Rita. Latvija: Sinagogas un rabīni, 1918-1940 / Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), p. 179 with ill..

Likhodedov, Vladimir, Synagogues (Minsk, 2007), ill. 419 on p. 215.

CJA documentation;

Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 191;

Yad Va-Shem Archives - archives of images

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2021/06/22/latvia-former-sabile-synagogue-reopens-after-revamp/

https://jews.lv/en/13752-2-copy-2-copy-copy-2/news-and-events/ 

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The following information on this monument will be completed:
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