syn/europe/italy

The Synagogues of Europe
PAST AND PRESENT
Italy

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Below you will find a series of postcards that depict various synagogues that currently or once stood in Europe. Most of these photographs have been purchased, taken, or otherwise obtained by those visiting these towns and cities, and they have been subsequently submitted to the Museum to be placed online. Some of these synagogues might still be extant, i.e. still being used as synagogues, but others lay abandoned and perhaps in a state of disrepair, or are currently being used for other purposes. Some have been restored.

Current town names are used to indicate the location of each synagogue.

The Museum welcomes further submissions, as this exhibition is forever ongoing and evolving. Please include the name of the country, town/city, synagogue (if known), and the month and year the photo was taken.

Please click on the thumbnail photos to see the enlarged versions.

AUSTRIA	BELARUS	BELGIUM	BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA	BULGARIA
CROATIA	CZECH REPUBLIC	DENMARK	ESTONIA	FINLAND
FRANCE	GERMANY	GREAT BRITAIN	GREECE	HUNGARY
ITALY	LATVIA	LITHUANIA	MOLDOVA	NETHERLANDS
NORWAY	POLAND	PORTUGAL	ROMANIA	RUSSIA
SERBIA	SLOVAKIA	SLOVENIA	SPAIN	SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND	TURKEY	UKRAINE

ITALY
	FLORENCE, ITALY (cir 1980) Tempio Maggiore (The Great Synagogue) Via L.C. Farini 4 The synagogue was built between 1874 and 1882 thanks to the money donated by a local Jewish resident named David Levi.
	ROME, ITALY (cir 1980) Tempio Maggiore (The Great Synagogue) Construction of this synagogue, the largest in Rome, began after 1870 and was completed in 1904. photo, left: From Wikipedia.
	TURIN, ITALY (cir 1890-1900) Courtesy of the Library of Congress.