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Great Synagogue in Plzeň
Object Detail

Building Date
1888-1892

Synagogue active dates
Until 1930s, from 1945 until 1973, from 1998

Reconstruction Dates
1994-1998, 2022

Community

Location
Czech Republic | Bohemia | Plzeň
| 11 Sady Pětatřicátníků St.

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

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)

Bibliography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Plzeň);

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velk%C3%A1_synagoga_v_Plzni

http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/03/27/czech-republic-funds-sought-to-restore-plzen-great-synagogue

http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/08/23/cz-restoration-of-great-synagogue-in-plzen-to-begin-soon-details/

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/04/08/czech-republic-plzen-reopens/


"Czech Republic: The monumental, twin-towered Great Synagogue in Plzeň (Pilsen) reopens after 3-year renovation," Jewish Heritage Europe, April 8, 2022, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/04/08/czech-republic-plzen-reopens/ (accessed April 10, 2022)

Dorfman, Rivka and Ben-Zion. Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 2000)

Fiedler, Jiří. Jewish Sights of Bohemia and Moravia (Prague:Sefer, 1991)

Rozkošná, Blanka and Pavel Jakubec. Židovské památky Čech – Jewish Monuments in Bohemia (Brno, 2004)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2019

Remarks

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