Old Sephardi Synagogue (Kal Vježu) in Sarajevo
Object Detail
Building Date
1581
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
In 1581, the community received permission for the synagogue, In 1697, Eugene of Savoy plundered and burned Sarajevo; the Jewish area and the synagogue burnt along with the rest of the city. In 1788, the synagogue was damaged during a fire in the Jewish neighborhood. The synagogue was refurnished in 1794. The vault of the synagogue collapsed at the end of the reconstruction, the rebuilding was allowed in 1813. [Friedman, pp. 100-102]
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
A rare preserved synagogue of the 16th century.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Part of shulhoyf
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Efron, Zusia, "Omanut yehudit beyugoslavia" in Pinkas hakehilot: yugoslavia (Jerusalem, 1988), pp. 322-340, p. 323 with ill..
Friedman, Francine, Like Salt for Bread: The Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2022), pp. 100-102.
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., p. 183.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1998
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 43.859818, 18.427811