Kupa Synagogue in Kraków
Object Detail
Building Date
1643 (building), 1830-1834 (galleries), 1920s (wall paintings)
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1925
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Part of Jewish quarter
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Bałaban, Majer. Przewodnik po żydowskich zabytkach Krakowa (Kraków: Solidarnosc-B’nei B’rith, 1935)
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski. Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute, 1996), p. 65.
Pastuszka, S. “Polichromie synagogi Kupa w Krakowie.” Studenckie Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, no. 9 (2013): 64–98.
Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999)., pp. 127-128.
Rejduch-Samkowa, Izabella, and Jan Samek, eds. Katalog zabytków sztuki w Polsce. Vol. 4: Miasto Kraków, część VI: Kazimierz i Stradom-Judaica: Bóżnice, budowle publiczne i cmentarze (Warszawa: IS PAN, 1995)., pp. 18-20.
Rodov, Ilia. The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland: A Jewish Revival of Classical Antiquity (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2013)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1995
Remarks
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