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Synagogue in La Chaux-de-Fonds
Object Detail

Building Date
1894-1896

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1983

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location

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

Urban significance

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Martin Fröhlich, "Langhaus oder Zentralbau?", Kunst + Architektur in der Schweiz 56: 2 (February 2005), pp. 26-33.

Jacques Picard, Ron Epstein, "Synagogen - zwischen religiöser Funktion and räumlicher Inszenierung", Kunst + Architektur in der Schweiz 56: 2 (February 2005), pp. 6-13.


For the photographs, see
Wikipedia, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue_de_La_Chaux-de-Fonds.

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