Great Synagogue (Warsaw)
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| Great Synagogue of Warsaw Wielka Synagoga w Warszawie |
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Model of the synagogue |
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| Location | Warsaw, Poland |
| Ecclesiastical status | Destroyed synagogue |
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| Architect/s | Leander Marconi |
| Year completed | 1878. Destroyed on May 16, 1943. |
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The Great Synagogue of Warsaw was the largest synagogue of pre-war Warsaw and one of the largest in the world at the time.
It was built by the Warsaw's Jewish community between 1875 and 1878 at Tłomackie street, in the south-eastern tip of the district in which the Jews were allowed to settle by the Russian authorities. The main architect was Leander Marconi.
After the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, on May 16, 1943 the Germans blew up the building with explosives. It was not rebuilt after the war.
Since 1980s the site is occupied by a large skyscraper, once called the Golden Skyscraper and currently commonly referred to as the Blue Skyscraper, (Polish: Błękitny Wieżowiec).
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