Rumbach Street Synagogue
Rumbach Street Synagogue | |
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![]() Rumbach utcai Zsinagóga
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Basic information | |
Location | Budapest, Hungary |
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Affiliation | Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Inactive Synagogue |
Architectural description | |
Architect(s) | Otto Wagner |
Architectural style | Moorish Revival |
Direction of façade | SW |
Groundbreaking | 1869 |
Completed | 1872 |
Specifications | |
Length | 50 meters (160 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 synagogue in Rumbach Street was built in 1872 to the design of the Viennese architect Otto Wagner.[1] It served the Status Quo Ante community.
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 patterned 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.
The synagogue sometimes hosts plays and photo exhibits*. There is some labeling of items in the synagogue many of which are in a state of ruin*.
The Rabbi of the Rumbach Street synagogue was Rabbi Shloime Boruch Schmalhausen up until the Holocaust and deportation of the Jews of Budapest. [2]
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See also
- Synagogues built in the Moorish Revival style:
- Leopoldstädter Tempel, Vienna, Austria
- Central Synagogue, New York, USA
- See Moorish Revival Synagogues for more examples.
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References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Jewish.hu - The Synagogue Triangle
- Kaufman, Rachelle Kaufman An American Jew in Budapest 2015
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- Religious buildings completed in 1872
- Moorish Revival synagogues
- Round and octagonal synagogues
- Synagogues in Budapest
- Buildings designed to replicate Solomon's Temple
- Art Nouveau synagogues
- Art Nouveau architecture in Budapest
- Otto Wagner buildings