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Shomre Hadass Synagogue Bouwmeesters straat in Antwerpen
Object Detail

Building Date
1891-1893

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
2017-2022

Community

Location
Belgium | Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers)
| 7 Bouwmeestersstraat

Style

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

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography

Daniel Dratwa, Les Batisseurs de synagogues: 1865-1914 (Bruxelles, 1991);

Daniel Dratwa, "De synagoge in België: geschiedenis en cultuur," Monumenten en landschappen (Brussel), vol. 12, no. 1 (Januari-februari 1993), p. 11;

Jo Braeken, "Beth Haknesset: synagogen in België, 1865-1914," Monumenten en landschappen (Brussel), vol. 12, no. 1 (Januari-februari 1993), pp. 26-32 with ills, ill on p. 13;

Lieven Saerens, Frans L. van den Brande, Tussen Antwerpen en Heide: Joods cultuurleven in een bewogen tijd, 1880-1944 (n.d., 2009), ill. on p. 6, 15


"Belgium: Antwerp’s “Dutch Synagogue” is open again after a five-year full restoration," Jewish Heritage Europe, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/10/20/belgium-antwerps-dutch-synagogue/ (accessed October 25, 2022)

Krinsky, Carol Herselle. Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (New York, 1985)., pp. 256-257 with ill..

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2010

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