Zeilen (Säulen) Synagogue at 63 Stabu St. in Riga
Object Detail
Building Date
1899 (design); 1906 (construction)
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
After 1945
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Educational Institution
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Burnt 1941 with Jews
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
A (Good)
Bibliography
CJA documentation;
Marger Vesterman, Fragments of Jewish History of Riga: A brief Guide (Riga, 1991);
Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), pp. 152-167, plan on p. 156;
Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 275
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
2007
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 56.953075, 24.135599