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Object Alone
Synagogue in Żory
Object Detail

Building Date
1812 or 1830-1835

Synagogue active dates
until 1939

Reconstruction Dates
1862, 1880, 1898, 1959

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Poland | Śląskie Voivodeship | Żory
| Kościuszki St. 3

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Cinema

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
1 (Local)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Kubit, Bożena, Przemysław Nadolski, and Jerzy Krzysztof Kos, Synagogi na Górnym Śląsku (Gliwice: Muzeum w Gliwicach, 2021)., 252-253., https://skarbnica.muzeum.gliwice.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Synagogi-na-Gornym-Slasku-3.pdf (accessed December 24, 2021)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date

Remarks

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