Great Choral Synagogue (ruins) in Riga
Object Detail
Building Date
1868-1871
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
Material/Technique
stone, brick, metal
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Memorial
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Burnt 1941 with Jews.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Holocaust memorial.
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
E (No return)
Bibliography
CJA documentation;
Marger Vesterman, Fragments of Jewish History of Riga: A brief Guide (Riga, 1991); Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 250 with ill., p. 263, 275;
Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), pp. 152-167, ills. on p. 154-155;
Vladimir Likhodedov, Synagogues (Minsk, 2007), ill. 418 on p. 214;
ill in Jewish National Library, Jerusalem, Archives and Manuscripts Division, TMA4214/8 (int)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
2007
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 56.942425, 24.126320