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The Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest is the oldest functioning synagogue in Hungary. The building was inaugurated in 1821. Its restrained, neoclassical aesthetic was consistent with popular architectural…
Contributor:
Andreas Landesherr
Places:
Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1820–1821
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The Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest is the largest synagogue in Europe, and the second largest in the world, capable of accommodating three thousand people. The Moorish- and Byzantine-inspired…
Contributor:
Ludwig Förster
Places:
Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1854–1859
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Saturday is the worst of the week. Whenever I touch anything on this day, straightway there comes a voice: Don’t do that, today it’s a sin.
“Sin?” I ask.
Says Mother: “Sin is that for which the Good…
Contributor:
Károly Pap
Places:
Budapest, Hungary
Date:
1937