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Old Synagogue in Velké Meziříčí
Object Detail

Building Date
17th century

Synagogue active dates
Until 1870

Reconstruction Dates
1995-96

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Since 1870 - commercial use, now - a gallery


Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Museum

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://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stará_synagoga_ve_Velkém_Meziříčí


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)

Klenovský, Jaroslav, Ludmila Hájková, Brány spravedlivých: Synagogy Moravy, Slezska a Čech / The Gates of the Righteous: Synagogues in Moravia, Silesia and Bohemia (Ústí nad Labem: Foto Studio H, 2012)

Klenovský, Jaroslav. Židovské památky Moravy a Slezska - Jewish Monuments of Moravia and Silesia (Brno, 2001)

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2018

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