List of synagogues in Bulgaria

This is a list of synagogues, Jewish houses of prayer, in Bulgaria.

Name Location Built Architectural style[1] Status Image Reference
Sofia Synagogue Sofia 1909 Moorish Revival functioning [2]
Plovdiv Synagogue Plovdiv 1887 functioning [1] [3]
Vidin Synagogue Vidin 1894 in ruins, building being reconstructed [4]
Varna Sephardic Synagogue Varna 1890 Moorish Revival, Gothic Revival in ruins [2] [5]
Varna Ashkenazi Synagogue Varna 1910 demolished 2007 [3] [5]
Burgas Synagogue Burgas 1909 Moorish Revival, Neo-Byzantine, Neoclassical now used as Petko Zadgorski Burgas Art Gallery, building being reconstructed [6]
Samokov Synagogue Samokov 1860 in ruins [4] [7][8]
Pazardzhik Synagogue Pazardzhik 1850 Bulgarian National Revival Neo-Baroque not functioning [5] [9]
Shumen Synagogue Shumen mid-19th century in ruins [6] [10]

References

  1. ^ "Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. http://heritage.hit.bg/. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  2. ^ "About". Sofia Synagogue. http://www.sofiasynagogue.com/index.php?content_id=1. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  3. ^ "Еврейска синагога “Цион” - Пловдив" (in Bulgarian). Pure Bulgaria. http://purebulgaria.com/bg/cities/1300/%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0_%E2%80%9C%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%E2%80%9D_-__%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  4. ^ "Еврейската синагога" (in Bulgarian). Видин онлайн — Информационният портал на Видин. http://www.vidin-online.com/istoria/sinagoga.php. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  5. ^ a b Петров, Борислав. "Еврейски синагоги" (in Bulgarian). Varna.info.bg. http://varna.info.bg/sinagogues.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  6. ^ Ингилизова, Йорданка (2009-02-02). "Реставрират фасадата на Синагогата" (in Bulgarian). Фактор. http://www.factor-bs.com/news-7313.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  7. ^ "Самоков: Еврейското наследство" (in Bulgarian). Капитал. 2008-10-29. http://www.capital.bg/show.php?storyid=573238. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  8. ^ "Синагога" (in Bulgarian). Община Самоков. http://www.samokov.bg/sinagoga.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  9. ^ "The Big Synagogue in Pazardzhik". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. http://heritage.hit.bg/Pazardzhik/Pazardzhik_e.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  10. ^ "The Shoumen Synagogue". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. http://heritage.hit.bg/Shumen/Shumen_e.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 

Dimana Trankova, Anthony Georgieff, "Guide to Jewish Bulgaria," Vagabond Media Sofia, 2011, http://www.vagabond.bg/jewishbulgaria