Great Temple (Kal Grandi) in Sarajevo
Object Detail
Building Date
1926-1930
Synagogue active dates
until WWII
Reconstruction Dates
1960s
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
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
2 (Regional)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
CJA documentation.
Gotovac, Vedrana, Sinagoge u Bosni i Hercegovini (Sarajevo: Muzej grada Sarajeva, 1987)
Rajner, Mirjam, “Il Kal Grandi - Sarajevo’s Great Temple: At the Crossroads Between Orient and Modernity,” in Jewish Literatures and Cultures in Southeastern Europe: Experiences, Positions, Memories, ed. Renate Hansen-Kokoruš and Olaf Terpitz (Wien-Koln: Bohlau Verlag, 2021), 175–96.
Gotovac, Vedrana, Sinagoge u Bosni i Hercegovini (Sarajevo: Muzej grada Sarajeva, 1987)
Rajner, Mirjam, “Il Kal Grandi - Sarajevo’s Great Temple: At the Crossroads Between Orient and Modernity,” in Jewish Literatures and Cultures in Southeastern Europe: Experiences, Positions, Memories, ed. Renate Hansen-Kokoruš and Olaf Terpitz (Wien-Koln: Bohlau Verlag, 2021), 175–96.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1998
Remarks
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