Great Synagogue of Rome (Tempio Maggiore di Roma) (Rome)
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Ingresso Museo Ebraico, Ingresso Sinagoga - Lungotevere de' Cenci, Via Catalana
00186 Roma RM, Italy
Phone: +39 06 6840 0661
museoebraico.roma.it/en/
Located in: Tempio Maggiore di Roma
The Great Synagogue of Rome (Italian: Tempio Maggiore di Roma) is the largest synagogue in Rome.
The building was constructed shortly after the unification of Italy in 1870, when the Kingdom of Italy captured Rome from the Napoleonic regime, which backed the Papal States. Victor Emmanuel II dismantled the Roman Ghetto and granted the Jews citizenship. The building which had previously housed the ghetto synagogue (a complicated structure housing five scolas in a single building) was demolished, and the Jewish community began making plans for a new and impressive building.
Designed by Vincenzo Costa and Osvaldo Armanni, the synagogue was built from 1901 to 1904 on the banks of the Tiber, overlooking the former ghetto. The eclectic style of the building makes it stand out even in a city known for notable buildings and structures. This attention-grabbing design was a deliberate choice made by the community at the time who wanted the building to be a visible celebration of their freedom and to be seen from many vantage points in the city. The aluminium dome is the only squared dome in the city and makes the building easily identifiable even from a distance. Plates honor the local Jewish victims of Nazi Germany and of a Palestine Liberation Organization attack in 1982.
For more information, follow the URL below.
00186 Roma RM, Italy
Phone: +39 06 6840 0661
museoebraico.roma.it/en/
Located in: Tempio Maggiore di Roma
The Great Synagogue of Rome (Italian: Tempio Maggiore di Roma) is the largest synagogue in Rome.
The building was constructed shortly after the unification of Italy in 1870, when the Kingdom of Italy captured Rome from the Napoleonic regime, which backed the Papal States. Victor Emmanuel II dismantled the Roman Ghetto and granted the Jews citizenship. The building which had previously housed the ghetto synagogue (a complicated structure housing five scolas in a single building) was demolished, and the Jewish community began making plans for a new and impressive building.
Designed by Vincenzo Costa and Osvaldo Armanni, the synagogue was built from 1901 to 1904 on the banks of the Tiber, overlooking the former ghetto. The eclectic style of the building makes it stand out even in a city known for notable buildings and structures. This attention-grabbing design was a deliberate choice made by the community at the time who wanted the building to be a visible celebration of their freedom and to be seen from many vantage points in the city. The aluminium dome is the only squared dome in the city and makes the building easily identifiable even from a distance. Plates honor the local Jewish victims of Nazi Germany and of a Palestine Liberation Organization attack in 1982.
For more information, follow the URL below.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue_of_Rome
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°53'31"N 12°28'40"E
- The Forum of Peace / the Temple of Peace. 0.7 km
- Elagabalium (Temple of Jupiter renamed for Emperor Elagabalus, aka Heliogabalus) 0.8 km
- Temple of Venus and Roma (121-135 AD) 0.9 km
- Divi Claudii Temple 1.2 km
- Templum Solis (approximately) 1.3 km
- Rome Italy Temple 10 km
- Tempio of Fortuna Primigenia and Barberini Palace 35 km
- Pirgy - Etruscan Archaeological Site 45 km
- Santa Maria di Cinquemiglia 137 km
- Knin Fortress 385 km
- Sant'Angelo 0.1 km
- The Jewish Ghetto 0.1 km
- Campitelli 0.6 km
- Sant'Eustachio 0.7 km
- Regola 0.7 km
- Trastevere 0.8 km
- Ripa 0.8 km
- Gianicolo 1.1 km
- Aventine Hill 1.1 km
- Rome historical centre 1.3 km
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