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Uzhhorod Synagogue

Coordinates: 48°37′21.49″N 22°18′3.64″E / 48.6226361°N 22.3010111°E / 48.6226361; 22.3010111
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Uzhgorod Synagogue
Ужгородська Синагога
Religion
AffiliationJudaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusConverted Synagogue
Location
LocationUzhhorod, Ukraine
Geographic coordinates48°37′21.49″N 22°18′3.64″E / 48.6226361°N 22.3010111°E / 48.6226361; 22.3010111
Architecture
Architect(s)Gyula Papp and Ferenc Szabolcs
StyleByzantine Revival—Moorish Revival
Completed1904

The Uzhgorod Synagogue building is located in Uzhhorod, in the present day Zakarpattia Oblast of western Ukraine.

Synagogue

The synagogue was completed and dedicated on July 27, 1904. It was then within the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The building was designed by the architects Gyula Papp and Ferencs Szabolcs,[1] in a flamboyant Romantic style that boldly intermingled Byzantine Revival and Moorish Revival architectural elements.

Concert hall

Since World War II the building has served as Uzhgorod's concert hall, prized for its acoustics. It has housed the Regional Philharmonic Society with the Transcarpathian Folk Choir.

All Jewish symbols were removed from the building, although as of 2012 there is a plaque on the facade commemorating the 85,000 Jews from Zakarpattia Oblast who were murdered in The Holocaust. There are now plans to restore the glass dome with its mosaics.[2]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Great Synagogue in Uzhhorod.

References

  1. ^ "Glass Mosaic Ceiling of Uzhgorod Synagogue to be Restored". Jewish Heritage Europe. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ 21 channel (7 April 2015). "Унікальна закарпатська філармонія". Retrieved 28 June 2016 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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