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Zeilen (Säulen) Synagogue at 63 Stabu St. in Riga
Object Detail

Building Date
1899 (design); 1906 (construction)

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
After 1945

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Latvia | Vidzeme | Riga (Rīga)
| 63 Stabu St.

Style

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

Photographer
Photograph Date
2007

Remarks

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