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Object Alone
Synagogue in Belz
Object Detail

Building Date
1834-1843

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Ukraine | Lvivska obl. | Belz (Белз)
| Shevchenka St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition
Foundations uncovered in the 2000s.

Present Usage
Memorial

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance
Hasidic tzadik`s court

Significance Rating
1 (Local)

Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)

Bibliography
Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999), pp. 282-3 with ills.; Meir Wunder, Benjamin Lukin, Boris Khaimovich, Grandeur and Glory: Remnants of Jewish Art in Galicia, vol. 1: Eastern Galicia, A-O (Jerusalem, 2005), p. 2 with ill.; Rossiiskaia evreiskaia entsiklopediia (Moscow), vol. 4 - 2000, p. 96-7 with ill.; Pinkas hakehilot: Polin, vol. 2: Galitsiya Hamizrahit (Jerusalem, 1980), p. 118, ill. after p. 120

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2006

Remarks

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