Synagogue in Siena
Object Detail
Building Date
1756 (interior)
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
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
Part of Jewish quarter
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
D (Very bad)
Bibliography
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2024/02/01/italy-siena-shortlist/
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, pp. 275–86.
Pinkerfeld, Yaakov, Batei-ha-kneset be-italiya mitkufat ha-renesans 'ad yameinu: perek be-toldot ha-adrikhalut ha-yehudit (Jerusalem, 1954), pp. 43-44 with plan, ills. 67-71.
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
2018
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 43.318176, 11.333096