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 have been "one of the most beautiful Jewish buildings in Bucharest".[1]
| Grand Spanish Temple | |
|---|---|
 Grand Spanish Temple, "Cahal Grande" synagogue, 1940. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Status | demolished |
| Location | |
| Location |  Bucharest, Romania |
  Shown within Bucharest, Romania  Grand Spanish Temple (Romania) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 44°25′41.0″N 26°6′29.7″E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1818 |
| Demolished | 1985 |
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]
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
See also
References
- 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
- Sinagogi în București. In: Nicolae Sfetcu, Bucharest Tourist Guide (Ghid turistic București): Pocket Edition, Bucharest 2015.
- "Radio Romania International – The Lost Synagogues of Bucharest". Radio Romania International.
- 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
External links
- Inside Romania’s 1941 failed coup, with the world’s first female war correspondent By Patrick GarrettAugust 4, 2016
- Jews in Romania
- Between Wanderings: Jewish Life and Culture, 1850s-1920s. Bucharest’s lost Sephardic world: A letter and photos (1904), Excerpts from a Letter to Senator Ángel Pulido, Madrid Bucharest, February 16, 1904. [Translation from Spanish]
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