Łańcut Synagogue
| Łańcut Synagogue | |
|---|---|
 Interior with a central Bimah | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Town or city | Łańcut |
| Country | Poland |
| Completed | 1761 |
| Client | Stanisław Lubomirski |
The Łańcut Synagogue is a Baroque synagogue in Łańcut, Poland. The Łańcut Synagogue is a rare surviving example of the vaulted synagogues with a bimah-tower,[1] that were built throughout the Polish lands in masonry from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries.
History
The synagogue was built in 1761, on the site of an earlier wooden synagogue which was destroyed by fire in 1733. Its construction was financed by Prince Stanisław Lubomirski.[2][3] It was renovated in 1896 and 1910. In September 1939, the building was set on fire by the invading German Army, however, the building was saved from total destruction by Count Alfred Antoni Potocki and converted into a granary. After the war, the synagogue came into the ownership of the local council, and was occasionally used as an exhibition space. It became a Judaica museum in 1981. The building was superficially renovated in the 1960s, and again more thoroughly from 1983-1990.[4][5]
Architecture
The synagogue is a simple Baroque, masonry building with a vestibule and side room, main hall and a women's balcony above the vestibule reached by an exterior staircase.
Images
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Exterior -
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Animal and landscape wall decoration of women's section -
Ornate frescoes with Hebrew texts
References
- ISBN 978-83-949149-5-0.
- ^ "Synagogue in Łańcut - Jewish traces in the District of Łańcut, south-eastern Poland". District of Łańcut. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
- ^ "History | Virtual Shtetl". sztetl.org.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
- ^ "Łańcut - guidebook - Shtetl Routes - NN Theatre". shtetlroutes.eu. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
- ISSN 2076-0752.
- ^ ISBN 978-0486290782
- ^ http://cja.huji.ac.il/Index_pres/Noah/Lancut-Subject.htm[dead link]
- ISBN 978-0486290782.
External links
- (in English) Jewish Memorials in Eastern Poland