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Synagogue in Prague/Smíchov
Object Detail

Building Date
1863

Synagogue active dates
Until the 1930s

Reconstruction Dates
1930-31, 2004

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Czech Republic | Bohemia | Prague | Smíchov
| 32 Stroupežnického St.

Style
Neo-Romanesque| Reconstructed in the Functionalistic style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Archives

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
A (Good)

Bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smíchov_Synagogue https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smíchovská_synagoga
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
Page
Biography

Photograph Date
2015

Remarks

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