Great City Synagogue (Lviv)

Great City Synagogue
Ukrainian: Велика міська синагога
The former synagogue, c. 1900
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue (1801–1943)
StatusDestroyed
Location
LocationStaroyevreiska Street, Lviv, Lviv Oblast
CountryUkraine
Great City Synagogue (Lviv) is located in Ukraine
Great City Synagogue (Lviv)
Location of the destroyed synagogue in Ukraine
Geographic coordinates49°50′28″N 24°2′6″E / 49.84111°N 24.03500°E / 49.84111; 24.03500
Architecture
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleNeoclassical
Date established1320s (as a congregation)
Completed1801
Destroyed14 August 1941
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The Great City Synagogue (Ukrainian: Велика міська синагога, romanizedVelyka miska synahoha, Polish: Wielka Synagoga Miejska we Lwowie) was a former Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the city of Lviv (Polish: Lwów, German: Lemberg), in what is now the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It was situated in the former Jewish Quarter near today's city centre.

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