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Central Synagogue in Sofia
Object Detail

Building Date
1905-1909

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Bulgaria | Sofia (София)
| Exarch Joseph Street 18

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Synagogue

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

One of rare Sephardi synagogues built in Neo-Moorish style.


Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
4 (International)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/01/14/bulgaria-repairs-carried-out-on-sofia-synagogue


Harbova, Margarita, Tri khrama tri religii: edna zemia, narichana b"lgarska (Sofia, 1999), pp. 203-204, 207-8, ill. 109-plans, ill. 3 on p. 10, ill. 1, 9 & 15 after p. 120.

Hazan, Elko, The Concise Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities and their Synagogues in Bulgaria (Sofia: Kamea Design, 2012), pp. 120-155 with ills..

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
1998

Remarks

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