Rumbach Street synagogue
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| Rumbach Street Synagogue | |
Rumbach utcai Zsinagóga |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Budapest, Hungary |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical status | Inactive Synagogue |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Otto Wagner |
| Architectural style | Moorish Revival |
| Direction of facade | SW |
| Groundbreaking | 1869 |
| Year completed | 1872 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 50 meters (164 ft) |
| Width | 35 meters (115 ft) |
| Height (max) | 28 meters (92 ft) |
The Rumbach Street synagogue,(Hungarian: Rumbach utcai zsinagóga is located in Belváros, the inner city of the historical old town of Pest, in the eastern section of Budapest.
The Orthodox synagogue in Rumbach Street was built in 1872 to the design of the Viennese architect Otto Wagner[1].
The Moorish Revival synagogue has eight sides and while the interior as of this writing (2008) is badly in need of restoration, the octagonal, balconied, domed synagogue intricately patterened and painted in Islamic style is exquisitely beautiful. It was built not as an exact replica of, but as an homage to the style of the octagonal, domed Dome of the Rock Muslim shrine in Jerusalem.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Krinsky, Carol (1996). Synagogues of Europe. New York: Dover Publications, 108. ISBN 0486290786.
[edit] References
- Muller, Ines (1992). Die Otto Wagner-Synagoge in Budapest (in german). Wien: Löcker. ISBN 9783854092001.
- Kalmar, Ivan Davidson (2001). "Moorish Style: Orientalism, the Jews, and Synagogue Architecture". Jewish Social Studies History Culture and Society 7 (3): 68. doi:.
- Szegő, György (2004). "The Gozsdu Court in the Jewish Triangle". The Hungarian Quarterly XLV (76).
[edit] See Also
- synagogues built in the Moorish Revival style:
[edit] External links
- This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Budapest" by Gotthard Deutsch, Alexander Büchler, a publication now in the public domain.
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