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Obj. ID: 20885  Great Synagogue in Gorlice, Poland

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The Great Gynagogue in Gorlice (Piekarska Street 3)- the building to be originally located at this site was a wooden synagogue erected either towards the end of the XVIII-th or at the beginning of the XIX-th century. The synagogue burnt down during the city’s fire of 1874 and was eventually rebuilt, however its interior and paintwork decorations were changed. Also this building was destroyed in 1915 during World War I. (Text from Virtual Shtetl)
The interior was painted by Chućko- a house painter of Polish descent. During World War II, the interior of the synagogue was devastated by the Nazis, who turned the building into a barn. After the war, it was used as a storehouse. In 1967, it was adapted for a bakery, which has been functioning up till nowadays. 

(Text from Virtual Shtetl)

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Great Synagogue in Gorlice | Unknown
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19th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
1874; 1920s; 1967
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Unknown
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Location
Poland | Małopolskie Voivodeship | Gorlice
| 3 Piekarska (Ku Dworzysku, Bóżnicza) St.
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Brick
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Extant
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yes
Present Usage
Bakery
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B (Fair)
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2 (Regional)
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0
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Custom
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Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 45 with ill.; Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 208; Eleonora Bergman, Nurt mauretański w architekturze synagog Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w XIX i na początku XX wieku (Warszawa, 2004), p. 125-127, ills. 82-85; http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/gorlice/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/3711,great-synagogue-3-piekarska-street-/
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