Ahrida Synagogue in Istanbul
Object Detail
Building Date
1694
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
1732, 1840, 1893, 1926, 1955, 1992
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
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
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Alona Nitzan-Shiftan, "The Sephardi Synagogue: The Fusion of Sefardic Jewish Tradition with Ottoman Architectural Forms," in Attilio Petruccioli (ed.), Sefarad: Architettura e urbanistica ebraiche dopo il 1492 (Ferrara, 1992), pp. 129-144;
Esther Juhasz, "Synagogues" in idem (ed.), Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire: Aspects of Material Culture (Jerusalem, 1990), pp. 36-59;
Giacomo Saban, "Sinagoghe sefardite nell'Imperio Ottomano," in Attilio Petruccioli (ed.), Sefarad: Architettura e urbanistica ebraiche dopo il 1492 (Ferrara, 1992), pp. 145-156;
Güleryüz, Naim A. and Izzet Keribar. The Synagogues of Istanbul (Istanbul: Gözlem Gazetecilik Basin ve Yayin Aş, 2008)
Zack, Joel A., The Historic Synagogues of Turkey / Türkie'nin tarihi sinagoglari, Photographs by Devon Jarvis (American Sephardi Federation, 2008)
Güleryüz, Naim A. and Izzet Keribar. The Synagogues of Istanbul (Istanbul: Gözlem Gazetecilik Basin ve Yayin Aş, 2008)
Zack, Joel A., The Historic Synagogues of Turkey / Türkie'nin tarihi sinagoglari, Photographs by Devon Jarvis (American Sephardi Federation, 2008)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
1994
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 41.032871, 28.945480