Hurva Synagogue

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Ashkenazi synagogue historic building landmark synagogue tourist attraction

The Hurva Synagogue is a historic and once-ruined, now reconstructed, 19th-century Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem that has become a prominent religious and architectural landmark.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hurva Synagogue canonical	4
Hurva Synagogue (historic building)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ashkenazi synagogue ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ synagogue ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
19thCenturyStatus	main Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem ⓘ
affiliation	Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ surface form: Ashkenazi community of the Old Yishuv
alsoKnownAs	Hurvat Rabbi Yehuda he-Hasid ⓘ surface form: Hurva of Rabbi Judah the Pious Hurvat Rabbi Yehuda he-Hasid Synagogue ⓘ
architectOfReconstruction	Nahum Meltzer ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neo-Byzantine architecture ⓘ Ottoman-era architecture ⓘ
basedOnDesignOf	Ottoman-period Hurva Synagogue ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
denomination	Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ surface form: Ashkenazi Judaism
destroyedBy	al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī ⓘ surface form: Jordanian Arab Legion
destroyedIn	1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ
foundedBy	Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ surface form: Ashkenazi Jewish community of Jerusalem
hasDome	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	ark for Torah scrolls ⓘ four corner towers ⓘ interior murals ⓘ large central dome ⓘ stone exterior ⓘ women's gallery ⓘ
hasObservationDeck	yes ⓘ
height	approximately 24 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Jerusalem Old City UNESCO World Heritage Site
locatedIn	Israel ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ surface form: Jewish Quarter Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
modernReconstructionCompleted	2010 ⓘ
namedAfter	Hurvat Rabbi Yehuda he-Hasid ⓘ
originalConstructionDestroyed	1721 ⓘ
originalConstructionStart	1700 ⓘ
overlooks	Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem Temple Mount ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted	1864 ⓘ
reconstructionDecisionYear	2000 ⓘ
reconstructionStart	1856 ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
reopenedToPublic	2010 ⓘ
significance	central landmark of the Jewish Quarter skyline ⓘ symbol of the Jewish return to the Old City ⓘ
stateAfter1948	ruins ⓘ
usedFor	Jewish prayer ⓘ Torah study ⓘ religious services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
visitorAccess	open to visitors ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish Quarter of the Old City → contains → Hurva Synagogue ⓘ

Hurva Synagogue (unbuilt project) → designedForSiteOf → Hurva Synagogue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hurva Synagogue (historic building)

Cardo → hasNearbyLandmark → Hurva Synagogue ⓘ

Herodian Quarter archaeological site → near → Hurva Synagogue ⓘ

Ramban Synagogue → locatedNear → Hurva Synagogue ⓘ