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Kutaisi Synagogue

Coordinates: 42°16′27″N 42°42′33″E / 42.2741°N 42.7091°E / 42.2741; 42.7091
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Kutaisi Synagogue
The synagogue in 2014
Religion
AffiliationJudaism
RiteGeorgian Jewish
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue
StatusActive
Location
Location57-59 Boris Gaponov Street, Kutaisi
CountryGeorgia
Kutaisi Synagogue is located in Georgia
Kutaisi Synagogue
Location of the synagogue in Georgia
Geographic coordinates42°16′27″N 42°42′33″E / 42.2741°N 42.7091°E / 42.2741; 42.7091
Architecture
Completedc. 1863
MaterialsStone

The Kutaisi Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 57–59 Boris Gaponov Street in Kutaisi in the Republic of Georgia. The stone synagogue was completed in c. 1863 in the Romanesque Revival style.[1]

History[edit]

Other synagogues in Kutaisi are the stone Small Synagogue, located at 10 Boris Gaponov Street, completed in 1815 in the Historicism style;[2] and the stone Great Synagogue, located at 8 Boris Gaponov Street, completed in 1886 in the Romanesque Revival style.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Upper (Mtsvanekvavila) Synagogue in Kutaisi". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Small Synagogue in Kutaisi". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Great Synagogue in Kutaisi". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

Extneral links[edit]

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