The Bricheva Jewish Cemetery was most likely founded in the 19th century. According to epigraphic data, the cemetery already existed in 1840, and it can be found marked on maps of the region from 1879 and 1911. The cemetery was still in use after WWII, with the most recent preserved gravestone dating to 1958.
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The cemetery can be found marked on maps of the region from 1868 and 1900, and epigraphic data shows it was still in use after World War II. It has around 1,500 tombstones. The most recent preserved gravestone dates from the 1990s.
The Great Synagogue in Otaci is an Ashkenazi synagogue dating from the mid-19th century. This Historicist brick building is now abandoned.
The Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Elena was built between 1924 and 1933. Originally it was planned to build the church according to the design of the Assumption Cathedral in Astrakhan, but the Bucharest architect Adrian Gabrilescu slightly modified it. Visarion Puiu, Metropolitan Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church, wished to consecrate the cathedral immediately after its completion in the presence of King Carol II. However, in view of the weather, the monarch chose to postpone the ceremony until 14 October 1934. But one week before the scheduled date, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was killed in Marseille. The cathedral was not consecrated until 1935.
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