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Great Synagogue (Hoykhe Shul) in Botoşani
Object Detail

Building Date
1834

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Romania | Moldavia | Botoşani
| 1 Strada Marchian (18 Muzicanti)

Style
Unknown|

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

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Unique wall paintings


Urban significance

Significance Rating
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)

Bibliography

Streja, A., and Schwarz, L., The Synagogue in Romania, 2nd ed. (Bucharest: Hasefer, 2009), pp. 142-146;

Khaimovitch, Boris, "Jewish Monuments of Romania," Le patrimoine juif européen, ed. Max Polonovski (Paris: Peeters, 2002), p. 156.


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Photographer
Photograph Date
2012

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