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Portugese Synagogue in Antwerpen
Object Detail

Building Date
1913

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker

Location
Belgium | Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers)
| 31 Hovenierstraat

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
2 (Regional)

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), pp. 8-12., p. 11; Jo Braeken, "Beth Haknesset: synagogen in België, 1865-1914," Monumenten en landschappen (Brussel), vol. 12, no. 1 (Januari-februari 1993), pp. 35-39 with ills.; Carol Herselle Krinsky, Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (New York, 1985), p. 257; Lieven Saerens, Frans L. van den Brande, Tussen Antwerpen en Heide: Joods cultuurleven in een bewogen tijd, 1880-1944 (n.d., 2009), ills. on p. 16

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Photographer
Photograph Date
2010

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