Synagogue in Pitești
Object Detail
Building Date
1920-1924
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Jews settled in Piteşti in the early 19th century. In 1899, there were 875 Jews who constituted 5.6%of the total population of the town. In the 20th century, the number of Jews significantly diminished to 450 men and women in 1947.[1]
[1] Pinkas ha-kehilot: Romaniyah, 1:216.
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
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)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
http://romanianjewish.org/?page_id=46
Streja, Aristide and Lucian Schwarz, Synagogues of Romania ([Bucharest]: Hasefer Publishing House, 1997), p. 70, 188, ills 48-49.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1997
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 44.855461, 24.872458