Great Synagogue in Bucharest
Object Detail
Building Date
1846-1847 (by Herș and Ancel), 1903 (by D'Alfonce de St. Omer), 1936 (interior by Horowitz)
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1865, 1909 (by Antonescu), 1925, 1931-1932 (by Locar), 2007
Architect/ Maker
Herș, Israil (architect)
Ancel, Asher (architect)
D'Alfonce de St. Omer, I.B. (architect)
Antonescu, Petre (architect)
Locar, Jean (architect) (Unknown)
Ancel, Asher (architect)
D'Alfonce de St. Omer, I.B. (architect)
Antonescu, Petre (architect)
Locar, Jean (architect) (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Museum of Holocaust
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Bucharest)
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/בית_הכנסת_הגדול_של_בוקרשט
Gruber, Samuel D. (ed.). Historic Jewish Sites in Romania (Washington: United States Commission for Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, 2010)., https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=rel (accessed November 30, 2021)
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)
Gruber, Samuel D. (ed.). Historic Jewish Sites in Romania (Washington: United States Commission for Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, 2010)., https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=rel (accessed November 30, 2021)
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)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
11.2017
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 44.429489, 26.108519