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Zion Synagogue in Plovdiv
Object Detail

Building Date
1892

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1923, 1998, 2002

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Bulgaria | Plovdiv (Пловдив)
| 13 Tsar Kaloyan St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Interior paintings


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
A (Good)

Bibliography

Harbova, Margarita, Tri khrama tri religii: edna zemia, narichana b"lgarska (Sofia, 1999), p. 203, 205; ill. 112 on p. 209-plan.

Hazan, Elko, The Concise Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities and their Synagogues in Bulgaria (Sofia: Kamea Design, 2012), p. 72-85 with ills and plans.

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
1998

Remarks

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