Obj. ID: 33799 Synagogue in Târgovişte, Romania
The synagogue in Târgoviște was built in 1905–1912, as stated in the dedicatory plaques in the vestibule. The synagogue is situated in the middle of a housing block and is not seen from the street. Its exterior features the Brâncovenesc Revival style, i.e. the national style of the late 19th and early 20th-centuries in Romania, based on the architecture of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, at the age of Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu, the last native Romanian ruler of Wallachia. The usage of the national Romanian style defined the Jews as part of the Romanian national project and part of the Romanian society.
Currently, the former synagogue serves as a concert hall of the local music school. It is carefully restored and well maintained.
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The Jewish community of Târgoviște was a relatively small one, numbering 551 in 1930. 75% of Jews fled the town in 1940-1941 and did not come back after the war.[1]
[1] Pinkas ha-kehilot: Romaniyah, vol. 1 (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1970), 124–25.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sinagoga-T%C3%A2rgovi%C8%99te/379911115535803
http://discovertargoviste.es/en/p/iglesias-de-siglos-xix-–-xx/la-sinagoga-de-târgovişte/28
Ghid turistic Sinagoga. Târgovişte: Municipul Târgovişte, 2014.