17 January 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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The New Synagogue, also known as the Weill Synagogue, is a
Jewish place of worship in the city center of
Dessau . It is the first newly built
synagogue in the state of
Saxony-Anhalt since
German reunification .
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9 November 2019 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Berlin , Museums, Exhibitions
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The
Neue Synagoge (“New Synagogue”) was built 1859–1866 as the main
synagogue of the
Berlin Jewish community , on
Oranienburger Straße . Because of its eastern
Moorish style and resemblance to the
Alhambra , it is an important architectural monument of the second half of the 19th century in Berlin. Jewish services are now held again in the New Synagogue; the congregation is the Berlin community’s sole
Masorti synagogue. Most of the building, however, houses offices and a museum. The dome may also be visited.
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12 April 2019 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Berlin , Museums, Exhibitions , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Oranienburger Straße is a street in central
Berlin . It is located in the borough of
Mitte , north of the
River Spree , and runs south-east from
Friedrichstraße to
Hackescher Markt .
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17 June 2015 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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The New Synagogue is a
synagogue in
Dresden . The edifice was completed in 2001 and designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. The building was shortlisted by the jury for the
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2003. It was built on the same location as the Semper Synagogue (1839–1840) designed by
Gottfried Semper , which was destroyed in 1938, during the
Kristallnacht .
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