List of synagogues in Bulgaria
This is a list of synagogues, Jewish houses of prayer, in Bulgaria.
Name | Location | Built | Architectural style[1] | Status | Image | Reference |
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Sofia Synagogue | Sofia | 1909 | Moorish Revival | functioning | ![]() | [2] |
Plovdiv Synagogue (Zion) | Plovdiv | 1887 | functioning | ![]() | [3] | |
Synagogue of Philippopolis | Plovdiv | 3rd – 4th century | in ruins | ![]() | [4] | |
Vidin Synagogue | Vidin | 1894 | in ruins, building being reconstructed | ![]() | [5] | |
Varna Sephardic Synagogue | Varna | 1890 | Moorish Revival, Gothic Revival | in ruins | ![]() | [6] |
Varna Ashkenazi Synagogue | Varna | 1910 | Reconstructed in 2007, functioning | ![]() | [6] | |
Burgas Synagogue | Burgas | 1909 | Moorish Revival, Neo-Byzantine, Neoclassical | now used as Petko Zadgorski Burgas Art Gallery, building being reconstructed | ![]() | [7] |
Samokov Synagogue | Samokov | 1860 | in ruins | ![]() | [8][9] | |
Pazardzhik Great Synagogue | Pazardzhik | 1850 | Bulgarian National Revival Neo-Baroque | not functioning | ![]() | [10] |
Pazardzhik Small Synagogue | Pazardzhik | 1872 | Bulgarian National Revival | not functioning | ![]() | [11] |
Shumen Synagogue | Shumen | mid-19th century | Demolished | [1], בית_הכנסת_בשומן [he] | [12] | |
Dobrich Synagogue | Dobrich | 1887 | ![]() | |||
Gotse Delchev Synagogue | Gotse Delchev (town) | early 20th century | ![]() | |||
Silistra Synagogue | Silistra | preserved | [2] | |||
Yambol Synagogue (Bulgaria) | Yambol | 1896 | now used as George Papazov Art Gallery | ![]() | בית_הכנסת_בימבול [he] |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) |
References
- ^ "Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 2001-06-28. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "About". Sofia Synagogue. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Еврейска синагога "Цион" - Пловдив" (in Bulgarian). Pure Bulgaria. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Synagogue of Philippopolis". ancient-stadium-plovdiv.eu. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ^ "Еврейската синагога" (in Bulgarian). Видин онлайн — Информационният портал на Видин. Retrieved 2009-09-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Петров, Борислав. "Еврейски синагоги" (in Bulgarian). Varna.info.bg. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ Ингилизова, Йорданка (2009-02-02). "Реставрират фасадата на Синагогата" (in Bulgarian). Фактор. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Самоков: Еврейското наследство" (in Bulgarian). Капитал. 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Синагога" (in Bulgarian). Община Самоков. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "The Big Synagogue in Pazardzhik". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 2002-04-14. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "The Little Synagogue in Pazardzhik". pzdnes.com.
- ^ "The Shoumen Synagogue". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 2003-12-07. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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- Dimana Trankova, Anthony Georgieff, Guide to Jewish Bulgaria, Vagabond Media Sofia 2011