Great City Synagogue | |
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Ukrainian: Велика міська синагога | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism (former) |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue (1801–1943) |
Status | Destroyed |
Location | |
Location | Staroyevreiska Street, Lviv, Lviv Oblast |
Country | Ukraine |
Location of the destroyed synagogue in Ukraine | |
Geographic coordinates | 49°50′28″N 24°2′6″E / 49.84111°N 24.03500°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue architecture |
Style | Neoclassical |
Date established | 1320s (as a congregation) |
Completed | 1801 |
Destroyed | 14 August 1941 |
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The Great City Synagogue (Ukrainian: Велика міська синагога, romanized: Velyka 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.