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The Dohány Street Synagogue Interior, Budapest, May 2017
Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט
This is the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world - it seats 3,000 people.
The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based mainly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain.
The Dohány Street Synagogue complex consists of the Great Synagogue, the Heroes' Temple, the graveyard, the Memorial and the Jewish Museum, which was built on the site on which Theodor Herzl's house of birth stood. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto.
The Dohány Street Synagogue Interior, Budapest, May 2017
Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט
This is the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world - it seats 3,000 people.
The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based mainly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain.
The Dohány Street Synagogue complex consists of the Great Synagogue, the Heroes' Temple, the graveyard, the Memorial and the Jewish Museum, which was built on the site on which Theodor Herzl's house of birth stood. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto.