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Orthodox Synagogue in Prešov

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🔊 Listen to this Post The Orthodox Synagogue in Prešov, an eastern Slovak city in the Prešov District, was built in 1897/98. The synagogue at Okružná Street 32 ??is a protected cultural monument. It is located in a complex in the city center that also includes the former Klaus Synagogue, the former rabbi’s house, a former yeshiva, a former slaughterhouse, a former kosher butcher shop, and the former administrator’s residence.

The synagogue building was constructed by the construction company Kolá?ek and Wirth. The building’s façade is articulated by narrow windows. The interior preserves the wall paintings in the Neo-Romanesque–Oriental round-arch style, which were restored in the 1990s. On the eastern side is the Torah shrine, a work by the sculptor Bascó from Košice.

The women’s gallery houses a permanent Judaica exhibition established by the Department of Jewish Culture of the Slovak National Museum. The collection also includes items from the former Jewish Museum, established in Prešov in 1928.

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