Grand Spanish Temple
| Grand Spanish Temple | |
|---|---|
 Grand Spanish Temple, "Cahal Grande" synagogue, 1940. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Status | demolished |
| Location | |
| Location |  Bucharest, Romania |
  Shown within Bucharest, Romania  Grand Spanish Temple (Romania) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 44°25′41.0″N 26°6′29.7″E / 44.428056°N 26.108250°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1818 |
| Demolished | 1985 |
The Grand Spanish Temple also Cahal Grande synagogue, also Marele templu sefard Cahal Grande/Templul Mare Spaniol was located on 12 Negru Vodă Street, in Văcărești, Bucharest, Romania. The building is believed to have been "one of the most beautiful Jewish buildings in Bucharest".[1]
History[edit]
The synagogue was built in 1818.[2] The building was devastated by the far-right Legionaries in 1941.[3] The synagogue was rebuilt after the war. However, in 1985 the building was demolished to make room for the Union Boulevard in Bucharest.[4]
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Grand Spanish Temple, "Cahal Grande" synagogue, 1900 -
The interior, 1900 -
The interior, 1900 -
Ruins of the Sephardic Cahal Grande synagogue, burned by the Iron Guards during the coup, January 1941
See also[edit]
- History of the Jews in Romania.
- List of synagogues in Romania.
- Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom
References[edit]
- ^ Anca Ciuciu, Images of Bucharest Pogrom (21st - 23rd January 1941), in Holocaust. Bucharest 2010, p. 44. Studii şi cercetări (Revista Institutului Naţional pentru Studierea Holocaustului in România "Elie Wiesel" & Institutul European), vol. II, nr. 1 (3), București, 2010, pp. 37–57 online
- ^ Sinagogi în București. In: Nicolae Sfetcu, Bucharest Tourist Guide (Ghid turistic București): Pocket Edition, Bucharest 2015. [1]
- ^ "Radio Romania International – The Lost Synagogues of Bucharest". Radio Romania International.
- ^ Anca Ciuciu, Images of Bucharest Pogrom (21st - 23rd January 1941), in Holocaust. Bucharest 2010, p. 44. Studii şi cercetări (Revista Institutului Naţional pentru Studierea Holocaustului in România "Elie Wiesel" & Institutul European), vol. II, nr. 1 (3), București, 2010, pp. 37–57 online
External links[edit]
- Inside Romania’s 1941 failed coup, with the world’s first female war correspondent By Patrick GarrettAugust 4, 2016
- Jews in Romania
- Between Wanderings: Jewish Life and Culture, 1850s-1920s. Bucharest’s lost Sephardic world: A letter and photos (1904), Excerpts from a Letter to Senator Ángel Pulido, Madrid Bucharest, February 16, 1904. [Translation from Spanish]