Grand Spanish Temple

The Grand Spanish Temple also Cahal Grande synagogue, also Marele templu sefard Cahal Grande/Templul Mare Spaniol was located on 12 Negru Vodă Street, in Văcărești, Bucharest, Romania. The building is believed to be "one of the most beautiful Jewish buildings in Bucharest".[1]

Grand Spanish Temple, "Cahal Grande" synagogue, 1940.
Grand Spanish Temple, "Cahal Grande" synagogue, 1900.
The interior, 1900.
The interior, 1900.
Ruins of the Sephardic Cahal Grande synagogue, burned by the Iron Guards during the coup, January 1941.

History

The synagogue was built in 1818.[2] The building was devastated by the far-right Legionaries in 1941.[3] The synagogue was rebuilt after the war. However, in 1985 the building was demolished to make room for the Union Boulevard in Bucharest.[4]

See also

References
  1. Anca Ciuciu, Images of Bucharest Pogrom (21st - 23rd January 1941), in Holocaust. Bucharest 2010, p. 44. Studii şi cercetări (Revista Institutului Naţional pentru Studierea Holocaustului in România "Elie Wiesel" & Institutul European), vol. II, nr. 1 (3), București, 2010, pp. 37–57 online
  2. Sinagogi în București. In: Nicolae Sfetcu, Bucharest Tourist Guide (Ghid turistic București): Pocket Edition, Bucharest 2015.
  3. "Radio Romania International – The Lost Synagogues of Bucharest". Radio Romania International.
  4. Anca Ciuciu, Images of Bucharest Pogrom (21st - 23rd January 1941), in Holocaust. Bucharest 2010, p. 44. Studii şi cercetări (Revista Institutului Naţional pentru Studierea Holocaustului in România "Elie Wiesel" & Institutul European), vol. II, nr. 1 (3), București, 2010, pp. 37–57 online

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