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Semper Synagogue , also known as the Dresden Synagogue, was built in 1838-40 for the Jewish community of Dresden by Gottfried Semper .1It was an early example of the Moorish Revival style of synagogue architecture.2The Semper Synagogue c. 1860 The Semper was the first synagogue to feature the richly ornamented interior that was to become the hallmark of Moorish revival architecture. While the exterior was Romanesque, the elaborate Islamic-style interior featured a two-tiered balcony supported by columns copied from the Alhambra . The arches and balcony fronts were richly worked with intricate polychrome foliate and lattice designs in the Moorish style. The synagogue was destroyed on Kristallnacht . The New Synagogue (Dresden) was erected on the site of the Semper synagogue.3
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The Semper Synagogue c. 1860 The Star of David finial from the Semper Synagogue, on display at the New Synagogue The Semper Synagogue , also known as the Dresden Synagogue , was built in 1838-40 for the Jewish community of Dresden by Gottfried Semper . It was an early example of the Moorish Revival style of synagogue architecture .
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The Semper Synagogue c. 1860 The Star of David finial from the Semper Synagogue, on display at the New Synagogue The Semper Synagogue , also known as the Dresden Synagogue , designed by Gottfried Semper and built from 1838 to 1840, was dedicated on 8 May 1840. It was an early example of the Moorish Revival style of synagogue architecture .
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Former synagogue in Dresden, Germany This article is about the destroyed synagogue.The Semper Synagogue , also known as the Dresden Synagogue or Old Synagogue ( German : Alte Synagoge ), was a Jewish synagogue , located in Dresden , in the Saxony region of Germany .Designed by Gottfried Semper and built from 1838 to 1840 in the Romanesque Revival and Moorish Revival styles, the synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis on November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht .The New Synagogue , inaugurated in 2001, was erected adjacent to the site of the former Semper Synagogue where a monument showing a six branch menorah stands in memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust .German Jewry and the Allure of the Sephardic .
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