Dohány Street Synagogue
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The Dohány Street Synagogue is a monumental 19th-century Moorish Revival synagogue in Budapest, renowned as the largest synagogue in Europe and a central landmark of Hungarian Jewish heritage.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest | 0 | 1 |
| Great Synagogue of Budapest | 0 | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century religious building
→
Moorish Revival architecture → building → synagogue → |
| architect | Ludwig Förster NERFINISHED → |
| architecturalStyle |
Moorish Revival
→
Romantic architecture → |
| capacity | approximately 3000 worshippers → |
| coDesigner | Frigyes Feszl → |
| completionDate | 1859 → |
| constructionStart | 1854 → |
| coordinateLocation | 47.4953°N 19.0615°E → |
| country | Hungary → |
| culturalSignificance | central landmark of Hungarian Jewish heritage → |
| denomination | Neolog Judaism → |
| floorCount | 2 → |
| hasFeature |
Ark of the Covenant
→
surface form:
Ark of the Covenant niche
bimah → cast-iron columns → onion-shaped domes → organ → rose window → striped brick façade → three-aisled basilica layout → women’s galleries → |
| hasPart |
Great Synagogue
→
Heroes’ Temple → Holocaust memorials → Jewish Museum Budapest →
surface form:
Jewish Museum of Hungary
Jewish cemetery → Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park → Tree of Life memorial → |
| heritageDesignation |
largest synagogue in Europe
→
one of the largest synagogues in the world → |
| heritageStatus | protected monument in Hungary → |
| inception | 1854 → |
| locatedIn |
Budapest
→
Budapest VII. district →
surface form:
Erzsébetváros
|
| locatedOnStreet | Dohány Street → |
| materialUsed | brick → |
| memorialFor | Hungarian Jewish victims of the Holocaust → |
| namedAfter | Dohány Street → |
| nearby |
Astoria junction
→
former Budapest Ghetto area → |
| numberOfDomes | 1 → |
| numberOfTowers | 2 → |
| openingDate | 1859 → |
| religion | Judaism → |
| restorationCompleted | 1996 → |
| restorationFundedBy |
Hungary
→
surface form:
Hungarian state
international Jewish organizations → |
| roofMaterial | tile → |
| seatingCapacity |
about 1472 women
→
about 1497 men → |
| significantEvent |
damaged during World War II
→
major restoration in the 1990s → used as part of the Budapest Ghetto during the Holocaust → |
| touristAttraction | major tourist site in Budapest → |
| towerHeight | about 43 meters → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Great Synagogue of Budapest
this entity surface form:
Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest