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Neolog synagogue in Budapest, Hungary For similarly named synagogues, see Great Synagogue . The Dohány Street Synagogue ( [ˈdoɦaːɲ] DOE -hawng ; Hungarian : Dohány utcai zsinagóga ; Hebrew : בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט , romanized : Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Budapesht ), also known as the Great Synagogue ( Hungarian : Nagy zsinagóga ) or Tabakgasse Synagogue ( Yiddish : Tabak-Shul ), is a Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue , located on Dohány Street in Erzsébetváros (VIIth district) of Budapest , Hungary . It is the largest synagogue in Europe , seating 3,000 people, and is a centre of Neolog Judaism. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite . The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival and Romantic Historicist styles, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra ). The synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster , believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs" . The interior design is partly by Frigyes Feszl . The Dohány Street Synagogue complex consists of the Great Synagogue, the Heroes' Temple, a graveyard, a memorial, and a Jewish museum , the latter built on the site where Theodor Herzl 's house of birth stood. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto . Historic synagogues of Europe . Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d . I went ... to the synagogue [in Paris] and found the services once again solemn and moving. Much reminded me of my youth and the Tabakgasse synagogue in Pest. The New York Times . Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Great Synagogue in Dohány Street . The Great Synagogue , also known as Dohány Street Synagogue ( , bet hakneset hagadol šel budapešt ) or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is located in Erzsébetváros , the 7th district of Budapest . It is the largest synagogue in Eurasia and the second largest in the world, after the Temple Emanu-El in New York City . It seats 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism . The synagogue is 75m long and 27m wide, and was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, based chiefly on Moorish models from North Africa and Spain (the Alhambra ), according to a plan by German Ludwig Förster , with interior design partly by Frigyes Feszl . Theodore Herzl 's house of birth was next to the Dohány street Synagogue. In the place of his house stands the Jewish Museum, which holds the Jewish Religious and Historical Collection , built in 1930 in accordance with the synagogue's architectural style and attached in 1931 to the main building. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto .
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The Dohány Street Synagogue ( , bet hakneset hagadol šel budapešt ), also known as The Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue , is a historical building in Erzsébetváros , the 7th district of Budapest , Hungary .It is the largest synagogue in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It seats 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 synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster , believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs" .The interior design is partly by Frigyes Feszl .The Dohány 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 Theodore Herzl 's house of birth stood. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto .
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Ornamental detail from the Dohány Street synagogue The Dohány Street Synagogue ( ; , Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Budapesht ), also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue , is a historical building in Erzsébetváros , 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 synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster , believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs" . The interior design is partly by Frigyes Feszl . The Dohány 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. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto .
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Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary For similarly named synagogues, see Great Synagogue . Ornamental detail from the Dohány Street synagogue The Dohány Street Synagogue ( ; , Bet ha-Knesset ha-Gadol shel Budapesht ), also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue , is a historical building in Erzsébetváros , 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 synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster , believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs" . The interior design is partly by Frigyes Feszl . The Dohány 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. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto .
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historical building in erzsébetváros
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neolog jewish congregation and synagogue
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