Remnants of Great Synagogue in Biržai
Object Detail
Building Date
19th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Dwelling
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
1 (Local)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
CJA & Lita documentation;
Pinkas hakehilot: Lita, ed. Dov Levin (Jerusalem, 1996) p. 177;
Y.D.Kamzon, Yahadut lita: tmunot vetziyunim (Jerusalem, 1959), ill. on p. 27;
Yad Va-Shem Archives - archives of images, №54328;
Lite, eds. Mendl Sudarski, Uriyah Katsenelnbogn and I. Kisin (New York, 1951), p. 1235;
Niunkaitė-Račiūnnienė, Aistė, Lietuvos žydų tradicinio meno ir simbolių pasaulis: Atvaizdai, vaizdiniai ir tekstai (Vilnius, 2011), ill. 38, 41
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
“Synagogues in Lithuania: A Catalogue” Archives
Photographer
Photograph Date
2006
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 56.202984, 24.762438