The Vercelli Synagogue in Italy was vandalized in 2013, when swastikas were sprayed on its walls. As of the October 6, 2023 snapshot, the opening paragraph described this as an antisemitic act. Today the opening carries the word nowhere, though antisemitism survives twice in the body. A reader today learns the synagogue's design and architect, not that it was targeted in an antisemitic vandalism attack.
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Vercelli Synagogue ( ) is a synagogue in Vercelli , Italy.1The synagogue, located at Via Foà 70, was built in 1878.2 It was designed by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the Great Synagogue of Florence . The Moorish Revival synagogue features red-and-white masonry courses and a flat, tripartite facade with a raised central portion, that resembles a number of other European and American synagogues with designs inspired by Vienna's Leopoldstädter Tempel , by architect Ludwig Förster . A major restoration project was launched in 2007. On 23 November 2013, in an antisemitic act, two swastikas were found sprayed on its walls.3 (2002) The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy .
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The Vercelli Synagogue ( ) is a synagogue in Vercelli , Italy. The synagogue, located at Via Foà 70, was built in 1878. It was designed by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the Great Synagogue of Florence . The Moorish Revival synagogue features red-and-white masonry courses and a flat, tripartite facade with a raised central portion, that resembles a number of other European and American synagogues with designs inspired by Vienna's Leopoldstädter Tempel , by architect Ludwig Foerster . A major restoration project was launched in 2007. The Most ancient of minorities: the Jews of Italy, by Stanislao G.
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The Vercelli Synagogue ( ) is a synagogue in Vercelli , Italy. The synagogue, located at Via Foà 70, was built in 1878. It was designed by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the Great Synagogue of Florence . The Moorish Revival synagogue features red-and-white masonry courses and a flat, tripartite facade with a raised central portion, that resembles a number of other European and American synagogues with designs inspired by Vienna's Leopoldstädter Tempel , by architect Ludwig Förster . A major restoration project was launched in 2007. (2002) The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy .
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The Vercelli Synagogue ( ) is a synagogue in Vercelli , Italy. The synagogue, located at Via Foà 70, was built in 1878. It was designed by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the Great Synagogue of Florence . The Moorish Revival synagogue features red-and-white masonry courses and a flat, tripartite facade with a raised central portion, that resembles a number of other European and American synagogues with designs inspired by Vienna's Leopoldstädter Tempel , by architect Ludwig Förster . A major restoration project was launched in 2007. (2002) The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy .
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Synagogue in Vercelli, Italy The Vercelli Synagogue ( Italian : Tempio Israelitico ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at Via Foà 70, in Vercelli , Italy .Designed in the Moorish Revial style by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the Great Synagogue of Florence , the synagogue was completed in 1878.Historic Synagogues of Europe .Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d . (2002) The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy .
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“antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
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synagogue in vercelli
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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“antisemitism” now appears 1× under History, 25% of the way down the article
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