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Synagogue in Burgas
Object Detail

Building Date
1905-1909

Synagogue active dates
Until WWII

Reconstruction Dates
1929, 1967

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Bulgaria | Burgas (Бургас)
| Mitropolit Simeon St.

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance
Since 1967 - art gallery

Condition

Present Usage
Art center

Present Usage Details
Since 1967 - art gallery

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Remains of interior painting


Urban significance

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Harbova, Margarita, Tri khrama tri religii: edna zemia, narichana b"lgarska (Sofia, 1999), p. 203-204, ill. 109-plans and pic., p. 208.

Hazan, Elko, The Concise Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities and their Synagogues in Bulgaria (Sofia: Kamea Design, 2012), pp. 10-15.

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
1998

Remarks

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