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Synagogue in the Ghetto in Biella
Object Detail

Building Date
18th century

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
2009

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Italy | Piedmont | Biella
| Vicolo del Bellone 3

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

1. The Holy Ark dates from around 1780.

2. Synagogue is not in use for many years.

3. Restored in 2009. 


Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Abandoned

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
Shalom Sabar, "Synagogue Interior Decoration and the Halakhah", in: Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that built and used them (Philadelphia, 2000), pp. 308-317., ill. on p. 314 http://www.visitjewishitaly.it/en/listing/synagogue-of-biella/
Sacerdoti, Annie. The Guide to Jewish Italy, photographs by Alberto Jona Falco (Venice, 2008)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date

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