Choral Temple | |
Native Name: | ro|Templul Coral |
Image Upright: | 1.4 |
Religious Affiliation: | Orthodox Judaism |
Rite: | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Festivals: | --> |
Organisational Status: | Synagogue |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Functional Status: | Active |
Location: | 9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, Bucharest |
Country: | Romania |
Map Type: | Bucharest |
Map Size: | 250 |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Architecture Style: | Moorish Revival |
Groundbreaking: | 1864 |
Year Completed: | 1866 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Materials: | Brick |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Footnotes: | [1] |
The Choral Temple (ro|Templul Coral) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, in Bucharest, Romania. Designed in the Moorish Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1866.
Designed by Enderle and Freiwald and built between 1864 and 1866, it is a very close copy of Vienna's Leopoldstadt-Tempelgasse Great Synagogue, which had been built in 1855–1858. The synagogue was devastated by the far-right Legionaries in January 1941, but was then restored after World War II, in 1945. The main hall was recently refurbished, and re-opened in 2015. The synagogue is still hosts daily religious services in the small hall, being one of the few active synagogues in the city and in Romania.[2]