Mole Antonelliana in Turin
Object Detail
Building Date
1863-1889
Synagogue active dates
Never used as a synagogue
Reconstruction Dates
1961
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Never functioned as a synagogue.
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
The building is the tallest museum building in the world.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
The present building's mname -- Mole Antonelliana -- is a tribute to Alessandro (Antonelli, its architect.
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Noemi Cassuto, "The Italian Synagogue Through the Ages" in: Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that built and used them (Philadelphia, 2000), pp. 300-307, ill. on p. 307
Sacerdoti, Annie. The Guide to Jewish Italy, photographs by Alberto Jona Falco (Venice, 2008)
Sacerdoti, Annie. The Guide to Jewish Italy, photographs by Alberto Jona Falco (Venice, 2008)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
2019
Remarks
http://www.wikiwand.com/es/Mole_Antonelliana
0 Coordinates: 45.069057, 7.693286