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Great Synagogue in Copenhagen
Object Detail

Building Date
1833

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1885, 1906-1907 (by Levy), 1946

Community

Location
Denmark | Copenhagen (København)
| Krystalgade 12

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.

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2023

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