Great Synagogue In Budapest
The Great Synagogue Budapest Synagogue Dohny or (in Hungarian: Dohny utcai Zsinagga / Nagy Zsinagga in Hebrew )) is in the street Dohny means tobacco in Hungarian) in Budapest.
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The building was built between 1854 and 1859 by the Viennese architect Ludwig Frster in style Moorish inspired by models mainly Muslims from North Africa and Spain (the Alhambra ), according to a plan by Ludwig Frster with an interior design due in part to Feszl Frigyes. The synagogue is also distinguished by elements of Christian notables What arrangements has made its architect, himself a Catholic basilica, table reading the Torah (Tebah) at the bottom of the building and not in the middle, rich decoration or presence of two side chairs.
Dohany Synagogue is the largest of Europe History Franz Liszt (the inauguration) and Camille Saint-Saens have played the organ. The synagogue is also one of the few to have an organ (with the Great Synagogue in Paris , Rue de la Victoire ). Playing music is prohibited during the Sabbath is a non-Jew, " Shabbes goy , "which plays during the ceremonies. The original building was damaged by the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross 3 February 1939, then used during the Second World War as a base for German radio and as a team. At the same time, the Budapest ghetto was established around the synagogue. A reconstruction program over three years, funded largely by a donation of 5 million U.S. dollars of Hungarian Jewish migr Estee Lauder , was completed in 1996. The square in front of the synagogue is named after Theodor Herzl , born in a house nearby in 1860. Religious and historical collections are adjacent to the synagogue. The Raoul Wallenberg Emlkpark Park (memory) in the backyard is home to the Hungarian Jewish Martyrs' Memorial (600 000 of them were murdered by the Nazis) at the same time as a memorial to Raoul Wallenberg and other " Righteous Among the Nations ", as Swiss vice-consul Carl Lutz , the Italian businessman Giorgio Perlasca , the Spanish diplomat Angel Sanz Briz , the Nuncio Angelo Rotta , the Swiss diplomat Friedrich Born , who during the Second World War have saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews. The synagogue Street entrance to the synagogue Dohny, Budapest The synagogue - aerial view The synagogue - exterior view of a wing The synagogue, built by Christians, like a church, is probably the only one with a chair The ark of the synagogue The memorial of the Righteous Facade of the synagogue on the street Dohny 
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