Old synagogue in Pitigliano
Object Detail
Building Date
1598, 1757
Synagogue active dates
until 1956
Reconstruction Dates
1995-2003
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
At the beginning of the 1960s, the walls of the synagogue collapsed and the furnishings and archives were lost. After 1995 the synagogue was restored as it had been.
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
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
Dorfman, Rivka and Ben-Zion. Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 2000), p. 330.
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
2025
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 42.633286, 11.665951