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Object Alone
Kahal Kadosh Grande Synagogue in Ruse
Object Detail

Building Date
1872 or 1887

Synagogue active dates
until 1948

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Bulgaria | Ruse (Русе)
| 8 Aksakov St.

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance
Since 1997 - a church

Condition

Present Usage
Church

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

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
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Harbova, Margarita, Tri khrama tri religii: edna zemia, narichana b"lgarska (Sofia, 1999), p. 203, 208, ill. 112 on p. 209-plan, ill. 9 & 15 after p. 120.

Hazan, Elko, The Concise Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities and their Synagogues in Bulgaria (Sofia: Kamea Design, 2012), pp. 90-101 with ills..

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date

Remarks

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