Great Synagogue in Ludza
Object Detail
Building Date
1800-1804
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Early 20th century (timber covered by brick), 2015-2016 (restoration to the original form)
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Timber
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
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
CJA documentation;
Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 164;
ill in Jewish National Library, Jerusalem, Archives and Manuscripts Division, TMA4214/8;
Yad Va-Shem Archives - archives of images
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/02/23/renovation-plans-for-the-great-synagogue-in-ludza-latvia/
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2016/01/01/latvia-ludza-great-synagogue-restoration-nears-completion/
https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2016/01/19/latvia-look-at-the-restored-ludza-great-synagogue/;
https://eeagrants.org/archive/2009-2014/projects/LV04-0017
Bogdanova, Rita. Latvija: Sinagogas un rabīni, 1918-1940 / Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), pp. 120-121, ill. on p. 123.
Likhodedov, Vladimir, Synagogues (Minsk, 2007), ill. 416 on p. 213.
Rochko, Josif, Jewish Latgale: Guidebook (Daugavpils, by the author, 2018), pp. 38-39.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
4.2022
Remarks
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