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Wooden synagogue in Pakruojis
Object Detail

Building Date
1801

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1895, 1954, 2015-2017

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Timber

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Library

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
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/10/04/lithuania-restoration-work-for-historic-pakruojis-wooden-synagogue/

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/10/07/lithuania-much-more-on-pakruojis-synagogue/

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/10/30/lithuania-updated-pictures-pakruojis/

http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/05/18/lithuania-restored-pakruojis-wooden-synagogue-opens

http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2017/05/24/lithuania-restored-wooden-synagogue-in-pakruojis-reopens

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2020/10/29/lithuania-archaeology-pakruojis/


Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.), Synagogues in Lithuania. A Catalogue, 2 vols. (Vilnius: VIlnius Academy of Art Press, 2010-12)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
9.2017

Remarks

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