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Synagogue in Nagykanizsa
Object Detail

Building Date
1821

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1928 (by Baumhorn)

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks
1928 Lipót Baumhorn’s reconstruction

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
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)

Bibliography

http://www.zsinagogak.hu/index.php/nagykanizsa/

Orbán, Ferenc, Magyarország Zsidó emlékei, nevezetességei (Budapest, 1991);

Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia, 2000), p. 329;

Gerõ, László, Magyarországi zsinagógák (Budapest, 1989), p. 209-212;

https://tudastar.mazsihisz.hu/en/cultural-heritage-3/


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Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2018

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