Synagogue in Asti
Object Detail
Building Date
1786, 1889
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
The synagogue as we see it today is the result of the extensive rebuilding in 1889. This is when the present street facing court and façade were built.
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
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
CJA documentation
"Asti Synagogue," Synagogues360, https://synagogues-360.anumuseum.org.il/gallery/asti-synagogue/ (accessed July 10, 2022)
Narkiss, Bezalel, "The Heikhal, Bimah, and Teivah in Sephardi Synagogues," Jewish Art 18 (1992), pp. 30-47.
Sabar, Shalom, "Synagogue Interior Decoration and the Halakhah", in Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that built and used them, eds. Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman, (Philadelphia, 2000), , pp. 308-317, ill. on p. 315.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
2000
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 44.899456, 8.202544