Great Synagogue - Reviews from across the web
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Great Synagogue, Budapest - Reviews of Great Synagogue - IgoUgo Second in size only to the one in New York, this amazing Byzantine-Moorish construction is situated on the edge of the Old Ghetto. It was recently restored and re-inaugurated in the presence of famous Jews such as Yitzhak Rabin and Tony Curtis. Admission costs HUF600. This is the ideal place to begi... igougo.com
Synagogue - Doh�ny Street (Central) Synagogue- Budapest, Hungary - VirtualTourist.com The Great Synagogue of Dohany street was built between 1854-1859 by the Neolog Jewish community of Pest according to the plans of the Viennese architect Frigyes Feszl and Ludwig F�rster. In 1996 they finished it's reconstruction, so nowdays it shows it's original splendor. It's really a great synago... virtualtourist.com
No title The inside of the synagogue is beautifully decorated. The building is designed like a basilica with both Byzantine and Moorish elements. It also contains an organ, which is very unusual for a synagogue. The ark inside the Great Synagogue contains 25 torah scrolls taken from other synagogues destroye... panoramicearth.com
The Great Synagogue - Great Synagogue Photos It is a miracle that this place has survived. It was located two streets away from the Gestapo headquarters in the second world war, as well as escaping the depredations of the communists. And is without doub... photos.igougo.com
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