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Old Sephardi Synagogue (Kal Vježu) in Sarajevo
Object Detail

Building Date
1581

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location

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.

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Full Name
Volume
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Photographer
Photograph Date
1998

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