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New Synagogue in Khust
Object Detail

Building Date
1900?

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Ukraine | Zakarpatska obl. | Khust (Хуст)
| 11 Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Synagogue

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

The synagogue was never closed by the Soviet authorities; its vaults are covered by impressive paintings.


Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Interior painitings. Torah ark.


Urban significance

Significance Rating
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Collection of photographs by Lajos Erdélyi (1929-2020), made in the 1970s, at the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (Milev), https://collections.milev.hu/items/show/38819.

Klein, Rudolf. Zsinagógák Magyarországon, 1782–1918: Fejlődéstörténet, tipológia és jelentőség (Budapest: TERC, 2011)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2010

Remarks

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