New Synagogue in Livorno
Object Detail
Building Date
1708 (Torah Ark), 1958-1962 (synagogue)
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Concrete
Summary and Remarks
The Torah Ark, dated to 1708, was made by Angelo Scoccianti from Cupramontana in Marches, and was brought to Livorno in 1970 from the Spanish synagogue in Pesaro.
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
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Gruber, Samuel D., “Italian Synagogues from 1492 to the Present,” in Jewish Religious Architecture: From Biblical Israel to Modern Judaism, ed. Steven Fine (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2020), 275–86
Sacerdoti, Annie. The Guide to Jewish Italy, photographs by Alberto Jona Falco (Venice, 2008)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Samuel D. Gruber
Photographer
Photograph Date
2004
Remarks
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