Bucharest
Municipiul Bucureşti
Sector 3

Great Synagogue

The Great Synagogue, also known as the Great Polish Synagogue, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 11 Vasile Adamache, in the Old Jewish District of , .
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  • Type: Synagogue
  • Description: synagogue in Bucharest
  • Address: Strada Vasile Adamache, București

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jewish Museum and Choral Temple.

Synagogue
Photo: Neoclassicism Enthusiast, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in , is located in the former Templul Unirea Sfântă synagogue, which survived World War II. The name has several variants, including Museum of the History of the Romanian Jewish Community. is situated 140 metres south of Great Synagogue.

Synagogue
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The is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, in , . Designed in the Moorish Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1866. is situated 220 metres northwest of Great Synagogue.

Photo: Stefan Jurca, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Curtea Veche was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459. Archaeological excavations started in 1953, and now the site is operated by the Muzeul Municipiului București in the historic centre of , . is situated 580 metres west of Great Synagogue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centrul Civic and Bucharest Old Town.

Suburb
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is a district in central , , which was completely rebuilt in the 1980s as part of the scheme of systematization under the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, which included the construction of new civic centres in the Romanian cities.

Suburb
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The Old Town is located in the center of , Romania, and is known for its nightlife. Ion C. Brătianu Boulevard crosses the historic center from north to south, dividing this area into two approximately equal parts.

Neighborhood
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is a small neighborhood in south , in , close to the city center, named after the nearby . It is one of the preferred neighborhoods by people seeking to buy an apartment.

Great Synagogue

Latitude
44.42956° or 44° 25′ 46″ north
Longitude
26.10861° or 26° 6′ 31″ east
Inception
1845
Open location code
8GP8C4H5+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81580271
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­synagogue
Wiki­data ID
Q2916042
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Great Synagogue” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gran Sinagoga de Bucarest”
  • Chinese: “大猶太會堂 (布加勒斯特)”
  • Chinese: “大猶太會堂”
  • Dutch: “Great Synagogue”
  • Dutch: “Grote Synagoge”
  • French: “Grande synagogue de Bucarest”
  • French: “Grande Synagogue”
  • Hebrew: “בית הכנסת הגדול של בוקרשט”
  • Hungarian: “bukaresti nagy zsinagóga”
  • Italian: “sinagoga grande di Bucarest”
  • Italian: “Sinagoga grande di Bucarest”
  • Ladino: “Gran Esnoga de Bukureshti”
  • Polish: “Wielka Synagoga w Bukareszcie”
  • Romanian: “Sinagoga Mare din Bucureşti”
  • Romanian: “Sinagoga Mare din București”
  • Romanian: “Sinagoga Mare”
  • Spanish: “Gran Sinagoga de Bucarest”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Synagogue”. Photo: DMY, CC BY-SA 4.0.