Great Synagogue in Copenhagen
Object Detail
Building Date
1833
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1885, 1906-1907 (by Levy), 1946
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
Rare aplication of Egyption Revival style to a synagogue in the first half of the 19th century.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Copenhagen)
Goldschmidt Salamon, Karen Lisa (ed.), A Guide to Jewish Denmark (Copenhagen, 1994)
Joachim Meyer, “The Danish Synagogues,” in Danish Jewish Art: Jews in Danish Art, ed. Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen (Copenhagen: Rhodos International Science, 1999), 179–223., pp. 179-205.
Krinsky, Carol Herselle. Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (New York, 1985)., pp. 403-404, ills on pp. 404-405.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2023
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 55.681110, 12.573538