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Great Synagogue in Bârlad
Object Detail

Building Date
1789

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
20th century

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Romania | Moldavia | Bârlad (Berlad)
| 5 Sfântul Iilie St.

Style
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

Wall paintings


Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
Paul Cernovodeanu, “The Jews of Moldova and Wallachia During the Phanariot Regime (1711–1821),” in The History of the Jews in Romania, vol. 1: From Its Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century, ed. Paul Cernovodeanu (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 2005), p. 102; A. Streja and L. Schwarz, The Synagogue in Romania, 2nd. ed. (Bucharest: Hasefer, 2009), p. 164;

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Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2012

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