Obj. ID: 24629 Great (New) Synagogue in Szeged, Hungary
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The Szeged Synagogue is the second largest in Hungary after the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest, and the 4th largest in the world.
The design of the Torah Ark alludes to the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Solomon by using sittimwood from the banks of Nile, the wood called for in the building of the Temple of Solomon in 1 Kings.
The synagogue is the second largest in Hungary after the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Built in 1903–7 , it was designed by Lipót Baumhorn in the combined Historicist and Art Nouveau styles. The design of the Torah Ark alludes to the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Solomon by using acacia wood, the same wood that was used for construction of the Ark of the Covenant (Ex. 37).
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Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia, 2000)., pp. 280-289 with ills & plan, p. 329;
Rudolf Klein, Zsinagógák Magyarországon, 1782–1918: Fejlődéstörténet, tipológia és jelentőség / Synagogues in Hungary, 1782–1918: Genealogy, Typology and Architectural Significance (Budapest: TERC, 2011), ill. 489, 505-521;
http://szegedtourism.szegedvaros.hu/en/new-synagogue/
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https://tudastar.mazsihisz.hu/en/cultural-heritage-1/