Great Ashkenazi Synagogue in Amsterdam
Object Detail
Building Date
1670-1671
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
The building designed and constructed following the end of Sabbatean fervor.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Design of the synagogue is modelled after the imagery of the Jerusalem Temple by Rabbi Leon Judah Templo and Jaun Bautista Villalpando.
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
J.F. van Agt & E. van Voolen, Synagogen in Nederland (Amsterdam, 1988);
Edward van Voolen and Paul Meijer, Synagogen van Nederland (Amsterdam, 2005), p. 42 with ill.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2013
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 52.367256, 4.903904