Sephardic Temple (Constanța)

The Sephardic Temple of Constanța also Spanish Rite Temple Israelite also Templul Sefard din Constanța[1] was a Sephardic synagogue ”for the « Spanish » Jews”,[2] located at 18 on Mircea Street in the city of Constanța, Romania.[3][2]

Spanish Temple, 1911.
Spanish Temple, interior, 1941.
Spanish Temple, interior, 1942.

The Sephardic Temple was built between 1905 and 1908 in a Catalan Gothic architectural style following the blueprints of Austrian architect Adolf Lintz and decorated by painter Moritz Finkelstein.[2] The Temple was built in the place of an older synagogue dating from 1866, on a piece of land on Mircea Street, a donation from Ismail Kemal Bey.[4] The sephardic synagogue was heavily damaged during the Second World War when it was used as an ammunition warehouse, later further damaged by an earthquake, and was demolished in 1989 under the rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu.[2][5]

References
  1. Anghel, Florin; Leonte, Cristian Andrei (November 23, 2014). "Templul Sefard din Constanța: Despre memorie, uitare și locuri pustii". Info-Sud-Est.ro CAMPANIA "DE CE?", CONSTANTA, CULTURĂ. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. Teodorescu, Nicoleta Doina; Lucescu, Corina (2012). "The Architectural Heritage of the Jews in Constanța" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. [Păuleanu, Doina. Constanţa. Aventura unui proiect european. Constanţa: Editura Ex Ponto, 2003.]
  4. Ardeleanu, Konstantin (2012). "History of synagogues in Constanța". Retrieved 10 January 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Mihalcea, Alexandru; Moise, Marian (14 October 2006). "De la Marx la Ceausescu, ipostaze ale lui Anticrist". RomaniaLibera.ro (in Romanian). România Liberă. Retrieved 2016-03-08.


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