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Object Alone
Mechina of the Yeshiva in Telšiai
Object Detail

Building Date
1933-1934

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1937; after 1945

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Lithuania | Telšiai County | Telšiai
| 4 Sinagogos St.

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Office building

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance
Part of Jewish quarter

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

CJA documentation;

Marija Rupeikienė, Nykstantis kultūros paveldas: Lietuvos sinagogų architektūra (Vilnius, 2003), p. 160;

Sefer Telz (Lita): matsevat zikaron lekehila kdosha, ed. Yitshak Alperovich (Tel Aviv, 1984), p. 127;

www.zydai.lt/lt/content/viewitem/719/;


Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.), Synagogues in Lithuania. A Catalogue, 2 vols. (Vilnius: VIlnius Academy of Art Press, 2010-12)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2006

Remarks

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