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Synagogue in Ružomberok
Object Detail

Building Date
1880

Synagogue active dates
Until WWII

Reconstruction Dates
2013-14

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Slovakia | Ružomberok
| 1070/3 Panská St.

Style

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
A (Good)

Bibliography
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoga_w_Rużomberku
Borský, Maroš, Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia: A Memorial Landscape of a Lost Community (Bratislava: Jewish Heritage Foundation - Menorah, 2007)

Bárkány, Eugen, L'udovít Dojč. Židovské náboženské obce na Slovensku (Bratislava: Vesna, 1991)

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
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2009

Remarks

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