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Great Synagogue in Gorlice
Object Detail

Building Date
1st half of the 19th century

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1874; 1920s; 1967

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Poland | Małopolskie Voivodeship | Gorlice
| 3 Piekarska (Ku Dworzysku, Bóżnicza) St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Bakery

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
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 45 with ill.; Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 208; Eleonora Bergman, Nurt mauretański w architekturze synagog Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w XIX i na początku XX wieku (Warszawa, 2004), p. 125-127, ills. 82-85; http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/gorlice/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/3711,great-synagogue-3-piekarska-street-/

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2010

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