ungary, Budapest, The Dohv°ny Street Synagogue also known as the Great Synagogue, is a historical building in Erzsebetvaros, the 7th district of Budap
ungary, Budapest, The Dohv°ny Street Synagogue also known as the Great Synagogue, is a historical building in Erzsebetvaros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe,seating 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism. The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra). The Dohv°ny Street Synagogue complex consists of the Great Synagogue, the Heroes' Temple, the graveyard, the Memorial, and the Jewish Museum, which was built on the site on which Theodor Herzl's house of birth stood. Dohv°ny Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto. Designed by the architect Ludwig Fv?rster, the Torah ark and the internal frescoes made of colored and golden geometric shapes are the works of the famous Hungarian romantic architect Frigyes Fesz. Photo © Fabio Mazzarella/Sintesi/Alamy Stock Photo
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