Sarajevo Synagogue

Sarajevo Synagogue
Bosnian: Sinagoga u Sarajevu
The synagogue in 2015
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
RiteNusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue
StatusActive
Location
LocationHamdije Kreševljakovića, 59 Quartier de Drvenjia, Sarajevo
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Synagogue is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Synagogue
Location of the synagogue
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Geographic coordinates43°51′23″N 18°25′30″E / 43.856406822117656°N 18.425116086469778°E / 43.856406822117656; 18.425116086469778
Architecture
Architect(s)Karel Pařík
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleMoorish Revival
Date establishedLate 19th-century
Completed1902
Dome(s)4
Official nameAshkenazi synagogue, the historic monument
TypeCategory II cultural property
CriteriaA, C iii.iv.v., D iii.iv., E i.ii.iii.iv.v, G iii.vi., H i.ii.
DesignatedJuly 6, 2006 (decision No. 07.1-2-126/06-4)
Reference no.2844
List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Sarajevo Synagogue (Serbo-Croatian: Sinagoga u Sarajevu, Синагога у Сарајеву) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on the south bank of the river Miljacka, in Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The synagogue was constructed in 1902 and is the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo today. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.