Pretoria Great Synagogue
Pretoria, South Africa
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Old Synagogue, also known as the Pretoria Hebrew Congregation, is a Moorish Revival building on Paul Kruger Street in Pretoria, South Africa. Consecrated in 1898 for an Orthodox congregation, it closed as a synagogue in 1952 when the congregation moved to a larger site. From 1956 to 1977 it served as a Special Annex of the Supreme Court, where Nelson Mandela was a defendant in the 1956 and Rivonia treason trials. It is now a Grade II Provincial Heritage Resource.
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