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Synagogue in Kokava nad Rimavicou
Object Detail

Building Date
1900

Synagogue active dates
Until WWII

Reconstruction Dates
1987

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Slovakia | Kokava nad Rimavicou
| 11 Štúrova St.

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Cultural center

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
B (Fair)

Bibliography
http://www.regionmalohont.sk/kostoly-sakralne-miesta/synagoga-kokava-nad-rimavicou/; http://www.pestrygemer.sk/kokavska-najmensia-synagoga/
Borský, Maroš, Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia: A Memorial Landscape of a Lost Community (Bratislava: Jewish Heritage Foundation - Menorah, 2007)

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

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2014

Remarks

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