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Great Synagogue in Oshmiany
Object Detail

Building Date
1902

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Storage

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

A rare synagogue with preserved original wooden roof with carvings and interior wall paintings.


Urban significance

Significance Rating
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)

Bibliography
Hamelitz, No. 179, 12[25].8.1902, pp. 2-3. Biuleten' manitorynhu histarychnai prastory, 1/2016: Sinahohi Belarusi, p. 96 - photo of the 1930s.
Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999).

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2009

Remarks

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