Cetate Synagogue

Cetate Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in Timișoara, located on Mărăşeşti Street in the Cetate district (Belváros in Hungarian, Innere Stadt in German). It was built between 1863 and 1865 in Moorish style. The synagogue was built in the central Cetate district, where it gets its name. The synagogue in the city was included on the list of historical monuments in Timiș County in 2004, with classification code TM-II-mA-06150.[1]

The Cetate Synagogue in Timişoara

Architecture of the synagogue

Cetate Synagogue is one of the most distinctive and original buildings in the city. It has a rectangular plan with a dome and arches, with a vestibule and two towers on the west side. Its characteristic element is the facade with two massive towers that integrate the front street. The facade is built of alternating courses of brick with glazed ceramics. The two towers are complete with domes and the main façade is in the middle a round stained glass window. In the synagogue you first enter a vestibule, which has two houses on the sides of the access stairs leading to the lodges reserved for women and to the towers. From the vestibule one enters into a rectangular room (Heikal) reserved for men. It has wooden benches carved and covered with a dome on pendants, connected to deep space by four arches. Reserved for women or the organ are balconies supported on iron pillars and armchairs upholstered in the holders name.[2]

See also

• List of synagogues in Romania
• History of the Jews in Romania.
• Moorish Revival architecture
• List of places in Timișoara

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2013-05-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Fisa de evaluare a obiectivului – Sinagoga Cetate". www.intercultural.ro. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.