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Great Ashkenazi Synagogue in Amsterdam
Object Detail

Building Date
1670-1671

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
The Netherlands | Amsterdam
| Jonas Daniël Meijerplein 2 | 1011 RH

Style

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

Photographer
Photograph Date
2013

Remarks

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