Great Synagogue of Vilna
Vilnius, Lithuania
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
The Great Synagogue of Vilnius was a stone Orthodox Jewish synagogue at the end of Jewish Street in the city's Old Town, Lithuania. Designed in the Renaissance and Baroque styles, it was completed in 1633 and was devastated by the Nazis in 1941. It was blasted in 1947, and its ruins were demolished by 1957, when a kindergarten and a primary school were built on the site.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- demolished synagogue
- Place
- Vilnius, Lithuania
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