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Synagogue in Bytča

Synagogue in Bytča

Bytča, SK

The Synagogue in Bytča is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1886, rebuilt in 2016-17. This brick building in the Neo-Moorish and Neo-Romanesque style is under reconstruction.

Synagogue in Cardiff

Synagogue in Cardiff

Cardiff, GB

The Synagogue in Cardiff is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1896-97 by architect Delissa Joseph. It was rebuilt in 1989. In use until 1989, this stone synagogue in the Neo-Romanesque style now serves as an office building.

Synagogue in Čáslav

Synagogue in Čáslav

Čáslav, CZ

The Synagogue in Čáslav is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1900 by architect Wilhelm Stiassny. The synagogue has been restored in 1970 and 2008. This Neo-Moorish brick building now serves as a cultural centre.

Synagogue in Čekiškė

Synagogue in Čekiškė

Čekiškė, LT

The synagogue is an unplastered, red brick structure. It has two main volumes, and is covered with a gable roof of asbestos sheets laid on top of old shingles. The synagogue has a rectangular footprint. It consists of a spacious prayer hall on the eastern side and a two-story western volume, the ground floor of which houses a vestibule and one small room, and the upper floor was the women's section. The main entrance to the synagogue is situated on the southern façade. An outer wooden staircase leading to the women's section was most likely attached to the western façade. Foundations of some later annexes can be traced 9 m westwards from the today's western wall. The synagogue's exterior has been mostly preserved. The interior is divided by brick walls into the eastern prayer hall and two western rooms, above which the women's section was situated. The northwestern room apparently served as a small prayer and study room, since there is a niche with a protruding wooden frame in its eastern wall that looks like a small Torah ark. The prayer hall was originally spanned by a wooden barrel vault, the shape of which can be seen in outline of the attic. Today (2006), the prayer hall and the women's gallery are spanned with a common wooden joisted ceiling. The hall used to be lit by twelve windows: four on each of the southern, northern, and eastern walls. All of them are currently blocked with planks. The floor of the prayer hall was lower than that of the vestibule. The marks of four steps can still be seen beneath the higher post-WWII floor. The pride of the builiding, the Neo-Baroque Torah ark remains preserved and located at the central pier of the eastern wall. After WWII, the synagogue was abandoned for a long time. In 2006, local people still recalled the bright and richly colored interior, which had been visible before the building was converted into a kolkhoz granary. Apparently, it was at that time that the wooden gallery on the western side was pulled down. When it was visited in 2006, the building was not in use. On January 5, 2010, the former synagogue was listed as regional monument of cultural heritage.

Synagogue in Celle

Synagogue in Celle

Celle, DE

The synagogue of Celle is an Ashkenazi synagogue dating from 1740. The synagogue was restored after the Second World War. This baroque half-timbered building still serves as a synagogue.

Synagogue in Châlons-sur-Marne

Synagogue in Châlons-sur-Marne

Châlons-sur-Marne, FR

The Synagogue in Châlons-sur-Marne is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1875 by architect Alexis Vagny. This Neo-Moorish stone building still serves as a synagogue.

Synagogue in Cheltenham

Synagogue in Cheltenham

Cheltenham, GB

The Synagogue in Cheltenham is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1837-39 by architect W.H. Knight. It was rebuilt in the 1950s. This brick synagogue in the Regency and Georgian style still serves as a synagogue.

Synagogue in Cherasco

Synagogue in Cherasco

Cherasco, IT

The Synagogue in Cherasco was built in the 18th century. This Baroque brick building still serves as a synagogue.

Synagogue in Chmielnik

Synagogue in Chmielnik

Chmielnik, PL

The synagogue was probably built in the years 1633-1664. It was located 300 metres to the north of the market square, in the centre of the Jewish district. Public utility buildings, such as the Talmudic house or the rabbi's house were situated in its vicinity. A cemetery, used since 1565, was adjacent to the synagogue's north wall. The synagogue, built on a rectangular plan, consisted of a one-room prayer hall, a two-part vestibule on the ground floor and, most probably, a women's gallery above it. The building's architectural features are characteristic of the Renaissance sacral style of Jewish architecture. The synagogue was rebuilt after the fire of 1849. The architectural features preserved since that time include the cross vault, the Rococo-style circular and square stuccoes, the four-side roof, the crown cornice surrounding the building as well as, presumably, the division of the façade: the four-axial layout of the northern and southern facades, and the biaxial layout of the eastern façade; and its decoration. The 19th-century rebuilding works greatly changed the original look and proportions of the synagogue. However, its original layout is still legible. The synagogue's interior consists of a square prayer hall, a two-room vestibule on the ground floor and a women's gallery above it. There are elements of rich decoration preserved in the Prayer Hall. Apart from the vault, they include sophisticated capitals supporting the cornice and a decoratively framed circular window on the eastern wall.

Synagogue in Čkyně

Synagogue in Čkyně

Čkyně, CZ

The Synagogue in Čkyně is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1828, restored in 1999. In use until WWII, this Neo-Classical brick synagogue now serves as a cultural centre.

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