The Kutaisi Synagogue is a
Jewish
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congregation and
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
, located at 57–59 Boris Gaponov Street in
Kutaisi
Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...
in the
Republic of Georgia
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. The stone synagogue was completed in in the
Romanesque Revival
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style.
History
Other synagogues in Kutaisi are the stone Small Synagogue, located at 10 Boris Gaponov Street, completed in 1815 in the
Historicism
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style; and the stone Great Synagogue, located at 8 Boris Gaponov Street, completed in 1886 in the Romanesque Revival style.
See also
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History of the Jews in Georgia
Georgian Jews ( ka, ქართველი ებრაელები, tr) are a community of Jews who migrated to Georgia during the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE.The Wellspring of Georgian Historiography: The Early Medieva ...
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Buildings and structures in Kutaisi
Orthodox synagogues in Europe
Synagogues completed in the 1860s
Synagogues in Georgia (country)
Orthodox synagogues in Asia
19th-century synagogues in Asia
19th-century synagogues in Europe
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