Synagogue in Sabbioneta
Object Detail
Building Date
1824
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The synagogue dates from 1824. Its present form is an enlargement and rebuilding of an earlier structure by a Lombard architect Carlo Visioli. It has a gilded Torah ark set flanked by Corinthian columns. The ceiling is decorated by ornate stucco work.
The synagogue was damaged in an earthquake in 2012.
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
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Sacerdoti, Annie, Guide to Jewish Italy (Brooklyn, NY, 1989);
Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that built and used them (Philadelphia, 2000), p. 330, ill. on p. X
For the interior image, see
Jewish Heritage Europe, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2024/11/13/italy-sabbioneta/.
For the interior image, see
Jewish Heritage Europe, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2024/11/13/italy-sabbioneta/.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2013
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 44.999043, 10.491038