Central Synagogue in Sofia
Object Detail
Building Date
1905-1909
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
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
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1998
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 42.700230, 23.321089