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.

Budapest contains Dohány Street Synagogue
District VII (Erzsébetváros) contains Dohány Street Synagogue
Hungarian Jews culturalInstitution Dohány Street Synagogue
this entity surface form: Great Synagogue of Budapest
Moorish Revival notableExample Dohány Street Synagogue
this entity surface form: Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest