Choral Temple in Bucharest
Object Detail
Building Date
1864-1867
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1932 (by Leoneanu and Hirș), 1945, 2007-2014
Architect/ Maker
Enderle, I. (architect)
Freiwald, Gustav (architect)
Leoneanu, Iuliu (architect)
Hirș, Gregory (architect) (Unknown)
Freiwald, Gustav (architect)
Leoneanu, Iuliu (architect)
Hirș, Gregory (architect) (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
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
A (Good)
Bibliography
YIVO Encyclopedia, vol. 1, p. 254, ill. on p. 253;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templul_Coral
Krinsky, Carol Herselle. Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (New York, 1985).
Stoica, Lucia, ed. Atlas-ghid: istoria și arhitectura lăcașurilor de cult din București din cele mai vechi timpuri până astăzi (București: Editura Ergorom ’79, 1999)
Streja, Aristide and Lucian Schwarz, Synagogues of Romania ([Bucharest]: Hasefer Publishing House, 1997), p. 44, 190, 192, ills 25-27.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
11.2017
Remarks
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