Wooden Synagogue in Varėna
Object Detail
Building Date
19th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1922
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Timber
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Shop
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
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Missed in the Synagogues of Lithuania: A Catalogue
Pinkas Lita p. 160;
Hamelits, no 155, 23.7.1894, p. 2;
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/08/lithuania-wooden-synagogue-in-varena-put-on-heritage-list
https://www.bernardinai.lt/daugiakultures-praeities-liudininkes-varenos-sinagoga/
Valentinas Brandišauskas, "Fate of Jewish Property in Lithuania during World War II," in Alfredas Jomantas (ed.), Jewish Cultural Heritage in Lithuania (Vilnius: Versus aureus, 2006), 20-70, here p. 56..
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
6.2019
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 54.212818, 24.570335