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New Synagogue in Góra Kalwaria
Object Detail

Building Date
1902-1903

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
After 1945; 1960s

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Dwelling

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
1 (Local)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 46 with ill.; Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 86; Eleonora Bergman, “Góra Kalwaria: The Impact of a Hasidic Cult on the Urban Landscape of a Small Polish Town,” Polin 5 (1990): 14; http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/gora-kalwaria/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/368,bet-ha-midrash-5-pijarska-street-/

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2010

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