What is the largest synagogue in Europe?
The Dohány Street Synagogue is a historical building in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe, seating 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.
The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra). The synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster, believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs".
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klmilles
The Doheny is beautiful. The weeping willow memorial tree outside is heartbreaking.
Iain Bradley
According to current records the Breslov centre in Uman is the largest with a seating capacity of 5000
Albeck1994
Irma Rivera, and your point being, as it's only largest in southern Europe, whereas Dohany st is largest in europe
Albeck1994
MRogers, beat me to that one
MRogers
Irma Rivera, just so you know Jerusalem is not in Europe.