Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival

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s that were adopted by architects of

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and the

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in the wake of Romanticist

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. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th century, part of a widening vocabulary of articulated decorative ornament drawn from historical sources beyond familiar classical and Gothic modes. Neo-Moorish architecture drew on elements from classic

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and, as a result, from the wider

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In Europe

The " Moorish" garden structures built at Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, ca. 1812, were an unusual touch at the time, a parallel to chinoiserie, as a dream vision of fanciful whimsy, not meant to be taken seriously; however, as early as 1826, Edward Blore used Islamic arches, domes of various size and shapes and other details of Near Eastern Islamic architecture to great effect in his design for Alupka Palace in

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, a cultural setting that had already been penetrated by authentic Ottoman styles. By the mid-19th century, the style was adopted by the

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, who associated Moorish and

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architectural forms with the golden age of

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in medieval Muslim Spain. It has also been argued that Jewish communities adopted this architecture (which in Western eyes was seen as stereotypical of "Islamic" or "

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" culture more broadly) for more complex reasons; mainly, as an affirmation or reclamation of the Middle Eastern or Semitic roots of their history and thus as a way of setting themselves apart from the surrounding Western or Christian society. This came at time when Jews were gaining more freedoms in some European societies and the construction of ostentatious synagogues was possible for the first time, thus provoking a search for a new distinct style of architecture. Historian John M. Efron of the University of California at Berkeley regards the popularity of Moorish revival architecture among builders of synagogues as a counterpoint to Edward Said's ''Orientalism'', which criticizes European

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as inherently imperialist and racist, since the builders chose the style as an expression of admiration for the culture of the Muslim world. As a consequence, Moorish Revival spread around the globe as a preferred style of

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for a long period until the early 20th century. In Spain, the country conceived as the place of origin of Moorish ornamentation, the interest in this sort of architecture fluctuated from province to province. The mainstream was called Neo-Mudéjar. In

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's profound interest in

heritage governed the design of his early works, such as

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or Astorga Palace. In Andalusia, the Neo-Mudéjar style gained belated popularity in connection with the

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and was epitomized by Plaza de España (Seville) and Gran Teatro Falla in

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. In

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, the Neo-Mudéjar was a characteristic style of housing and public buildings at the turn of the century, while the 1920s return of interest to the style resulted in such buildings as Las Ventas

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and Diario ABC office. A Spanish nobleman built the Palazzo Sammezzano, one of Europe's largest and most elaborate Moorish Revival structures, in Tuscany between 1853 and 1889. Alhambra Frederiksberg 2

Although Carlo Bugatti employed Moorish arcading among the exotic features of his furniture, shown at the 1902 exhibition at

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, by that time the Moorish Revival was very much on the wane almost everywhere. A notable exceptions were Imperial Russia, where the shell-encrusted Morozov House in Moscow (a stylisation of the Pena National Palace in

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), the Neo-Mameluk Dulber palace in Koreiz, and the palace in

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exemplified the continuing development of the style.

In the Balkans

Another exception was Bosnia, where, after its occupation by Austria-Hungary, the new authorities commissioned a range of Neo-Moorish structures. The aim was to promote Bosnian national identity while avoiding its association with either the

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or the growing pan-Slavic movement by creating an "

of European fantasy". This included application of ornamentations and other Moorish design strategies neither of which had much to do with prior architectural direction of indigenous

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. The central post office in

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, for example, follows distinct formal characteristics of design like clarity of form, symmetry, and proportion while the interior followed the same doctrine. The

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in Sarajevo is an example of Pseudo Moorish architectural language using decorations and pointed arches while still integrating other formal elements into the design.

In the United States

Yeshiva University Zysman Hall and Gottesmann Library

In the United States,

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's fanciful travel sketch, '' Tales of the Alhambra'' (1832), first brought Moorish Andalusia into readers' imaginations; one of the first neo-Moorish structures was Iranistan, a mansion of P. T. Barnum in

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. Constructed in 1848 and destroyed by fire ten years later, this architectural extravaganza "sprouted bulbous domes and horseshoe arches". In the 1860s, the style spread across America, with Olana, the painter Frederic Edwin Church's house overlooking the Hudson River, Castle Garden in Jacksonville and Longwood in

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usually cited among the more prominent examples. After the American Civil War, Moorish or Turkish smoking rooms achieved some popularity. There were Moorish details in the interiors created for the Henry Osborne Havemeyer residence on Fifth Avenue by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The 1914 Pittock Mansion in

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incorporates Turkish design features, as well as French, English, and Italian ones; the smoking room in particular has notable Moorish revival elements. In 1937, the Corn Palace in

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added unusual minarets and Moorish domes, unusual because the polychrome decorations are made out of corn cobs of various colors assembled like mosaic tiles to create patterns. The 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel, whose minarets and Moorish domes are now the pride of the University of Tampa, was a particularly extravagant example of the style. Other schools with Moorish Revival buildings include David H. Zysman Hall at Yeshiva University in New York City. George Washington Smith used the style in his design for the 1920s Isham Beach Estate in

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In India

* Spanish Mosque, built by

Viqar-ul-Umra Sir Viqar ul-Umara, Iqtidar ul-Mulk, Iqbal ud-Dowla, Secundar Jung, Nawab Muhammad Fazl-ud-din Khan Bahadur (13 August 1856 – 15 February 1902), was the Prime Minister of Hyderabad from 1893 to 1901, and also served as the Amir e Paigah from 1 ...

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Theaters

In the United States

Around the world

Synagogues

Europe

* Munich synagogue, by Friedrich von Gärtner, 1832 was the earliest Moorish revival synagogue (destroyed on Kristallnacht) * Semper Synagogue, by

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, Dresden, 1839–40 (destroyed on Kristallnacht) *

Leopoldstädter Tempel The Leopoldstädter Tempel was the largest synagogue of Vienna, in the district (Bezirk) of Leopoldstadt. It was also known as the Israelitische Bethaus in der Wiener Vorstadt Leopoldstadt. It was built in 1858 in a Moorish Revival style by th ...

, Vienna, Austria, 1853–58 (destroyed on Kristallnacht) * Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest, Hungary, 1854–1859 * Leipzig synagogue, 1855 (destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938) * Glockengasse synagogue, Cologne, Germany, 1855–61 (destroyed on Kristallnacht) * New Synagogue by

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, Berlin, 1859–1866 * New Synagogue,

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, Poland, 1857–1860 * Tempel Synagogue, Cracow, Poland, 1860–62 *

Cetate Synagogue Cetate Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in Timișoara, located on Mărășești Street in the Cetate district. It was built between 1863 and 1865 in an eclectic style with Moorish elements. It is inscribed in the list of historical monume ...

, Timişoara, Romania, by Ignaz Schumann, 1864–65 * Choral Temple,

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, 1864–1866 * Zagreb Synagogue, 1867 * The Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Sweden, by Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, 1867–1870 * Synagogue of Besançon, France, 1867–1870 * Spanish Synagogue,

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, 1868 * Rumbach Street synagogue, Budapest, Hungary, 1872 * Czernowitz Synagogue, Czernowitz, Ukraine, 1873 *

Great Synagogue of Florence The Great Synagogue of Florence or Tempio Maggiore is one of the largest synagogues in South-central Europe, situated in Florence, in Italy. The synagogue of Florence was one of the most important synagogues built in Europe in the age of the Je ...

, ''Tempio Maggiore'', Florence, Italy, 1874–82 * Princes Road Synagogue,

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, England, 1874 *

Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Jewish Museum occupies the former Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and an adjacent building on Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester, England. It is a grade II* listed building. The synagogue was completed in 1874 but the building became ...

, built as a

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synagogue,

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, England, 1874 * Vercelli Synagogue,

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, Italy, 1878 * Vrbové synagogue, Vrbové, Slovakia, 1883 * Turin synagogue, Italy, 1884 * Great Synagogue in Pilsen, Pilsen, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1888 * The Grand Choral Synagogue, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1888 * Esztergom Synagogue, Hungary, 1888 * Fabric New Synagogue in Timişoara, Romania, by Lipot Baumhorn, 1889 * Rosenberg synagogue,

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, Poland, 1889 (destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938) *

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synagogue, France, 1891 * Hollandse Synagoge,

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, Belgium, 1893 * Second Luxembourg Synagogue,

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, 1894 *

Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) The Great Choral Synagogue of Kyiv, also known as the Podil Synagogue or the Rozenberg Synagogue, is the oldest synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is situated in Podil, a historic neighborhood of Kyiv, and is under the leadership of Rabbi Bleich. ...

, Ukraine, 1895 * Opava synagogue, Czech Republic, 1895 *

Olomouc Synagogue The Olomouc Synagogue ( cs, Synagoga v Olomouci), located in Olomouc, Czech Republic, was built in 1897 and was destroyed during a Nazi attack in March 1939. History In the late 1850s, Olomouc's "Izraelitische Cultusverein", the religious society ...

, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 1897 (destroyed in 1938) * Prešov synagogue, Prešov, Slovakia, 1898 * Košice synagogue, Košice, Slovakia, 1899, interior of Rundbogenstil building *

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synagogue, Slovakia, 1886, rebuilt 1900 *

Sarajevo Synagogue Sarajevo Synagogue ( Bosnian: ''Sinagoga u Sarajevu'' / Синагога у Сарајеву) is Sarajevo's primary and largest synagogue and is located on the south bank of the river Miljacka. It was constructed in 1902 and remains the only fu ...

, 1902 * Karaite Kenesa,

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, 1902 *

Jubilee Synagogue Jubilee Synagogue ( cs, Jubilejní synagoga), also known as the Jerusalem Synagogue ( cs, Jeruzalémská synagoga) for its location on Jerusalem Street, is an active synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic. It was built in 1906, designed by Wilhelm S ...

, Prague, Czech Republic, 1906 * Groningen Synagogue, Groningen, Netherlands, 1906 * Choral Synagogue, Minsk, Belarus, 1906 * Bet Israel Synagogue, Belgrade, 1908. *

Sofia Synagogue The Sofia Synagogue ( bg, Софийска синагога, ''Sofiyska sinagoga'') is the largest synagogue in Southeastern Europe, one of two functioning in Bulgaria (with the other one in Plovdiv) and the third-largest in Europe.

, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1909 * Galitska Synagogue, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1909 * Uzhgorod Synagogue, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1910 * Arabian House (Hotel Jadran)

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, North Macedonia, 1936–38

United States

Isaac M. Wise Temple The Isaac M. Wise Temple (formerly the Plum Street Temple) is the historic synagogue erected for Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and his congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio. Wise was among the founders of American Reform Judaism. The temple building was desi ...

, also known as the

Plum Street Temple The Isaac M. Wise Temple (formerly the Plum Street Temple) is the historic synagogue erected for Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and his congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio. Wise was among the founders of American Reform Judaism. The temple building was desi ...

, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865 * Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, 1866 (no longer standing) * ''Temple Emanu-El'' on Fifth Avenue at 43rd Street, Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York built in 1868, designed by

Leopold Eidlitz Leopold Eidlitz (March 10, 1823, Prague, Bohemia – March 22, 1908, New York City) was a prominent New York architect best known for his work on the New York State Capitol (Albany, New York, 1876–1881), as well as " Iranistan" (1848), P. T. Ba ...

, assisted by Henry Fernbach, (no longer standing) * B'nai Sholom Temple,

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, 1870 * Central Synagogue, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, 1872 * Vine Street Temple,

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, Tennessee, 1874 * Charter Oak Temple (Congregation Beth Israel),

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, 1876 * Temple of Israel,

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, 1876 *

B'nai Israel Synagogue (Baltimore) B'nai Israel is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located in the historic Jonestown neighborhood, near downtown and the Inner Harbor of Baltimore. The synagogue is one of the oldest synagogue buildings still standing in the United States.Gordon, Mark ...

, Maryland, 1876 * Temple Adath Israel, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1877 *

Prince Street Synagogue Prince Street Synagogue (Oheb Shalom), in the Springfield/Belmont neighborhood, is the oldest synagogue building still standing in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States.Eldridge Street Synagogue The Eldridge Street Synagogue is a synagogue and National Historic Landmark in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1887, it is one of the first synagogues erected in the United States by Eastern European Jews. The Orthodox congre ...

, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, 1887 * Congregation Beth Israel of Portland, Oregon, 1888 (no longer standing) *

Park East Synagogue Park East Synagogue is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City. Building The building was built in 1889–1890. The architects were Schneider and Herter, who designed numerous tenements on New York's Lower East Side ...

, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, 1889 * Gemiluth Chessed, Port Gibson, Mississippi, 1891 * Temple Emanu-El (Helena, Montana), 1891 * Temple Beth-El, Corsicana,

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, Navarro County, Texas, 1898–1900 *

Temple Sinai (Sumter, South Carolina) 'Temple Sinai'' is an historic Reform synagogue located at 11 Church Street on the corner of West Hampton Avenue, in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Built in 1912 of brick in the Moorish Revival style, Temple Sinai was added to the Nation ...

, 1912 * Young Israel of Flatbush, Midwood, Brooklyn, 1923BJHI Author (December 5, 2013
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, 1925 * Congregation Ohab Zedek, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, 1926 * Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, 1928

Latin America

* Sephardic Temple, Barracas district, Buenos Aires, Argentina * Palacio Arabe, downtown

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, Argentina, 1945

Churches and cathedrals

* The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity,

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(1825–1832) an early example of Moorish revival architecture is located in Gibraltar, which formed part of Moorish

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between 711 and 1462 AD. * Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans), (a.k.a. Jesuit Church) is a striking example of Moorish Revival Architecture. Across the street was the College of the Immaculate Conception, housing a chapel with two stained glass domes. The chapel was disassembled and about half of it (one of the stained glass domes, eleven of the windows) was installed in the present Jesuit High School.

Shriners Temples

The Shriners, a fraternal organization, often chose a Moorish Revival style for their Temples. Architecturally notable Shriners Temples include: * Acca Temple Shrine, Richmond, Virginia, currently Altria Theater, formerly 'The Landmark Theater' and 'The Mosque' * Algeria Shrine Temple, Helena, Montana *

Almas Temple The Almas Temple is a Masonic building facing Franklin Square at 1315 K St NW in Washington, D.C. It houses Almas Shrine, a sub-group for Shriner's International whose headquarters is located in Tampa, Florida. The edifice is in the Moorish arch ...

, Washington D.C. * El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium, Phoenix, Arizona * Jaffa Shrine Center, Altoona, Pennsylvania * Medinah Temple, Chicago, Illinois now a

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. * Murat Shrine, Indianapolis, Indiana, the largest Shrine temple in North America, now officially known as Old National Centre. * New York City Center, now used as a concert hall * Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California * Tripoli Shrine Temple, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Zembo Mosque, a Masonic Temple in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania * The Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico, while not a Shrine Temple, is a Masonic building that uses the Moorish Revival architectural style.

Other buildings

* Palace of Manguinhos, site of the

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, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1905-1918 * "Mosque" shaped steam-generation plant in

Sanssouci Park Sanssouci Park is a large park surrounding Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany, built under Frederick the Great in the mid-1700s. Following the terracing of the vineyard and the completion of the palace, the surroundings were included in the st ...

, Potsdam, Prussia, 1842 * The Zacherlfabrik, Vienna, 1892 * City hall, Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1892 * City hall,

, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1894 * Jewish Hospital,

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, Ukraine, 1900 * Mostar Gymnasium, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1902 * Former Yenidze Cigarette Factory, Dresden, Germany, 1908 (here, the "minarets" are used to disguise smokestacks) *

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, Bandung, Indonesia, 1924 *

Casamaures La Casamaures is a historic 19th century villa, in the commune of Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux near Grenoble, in the Department of Isère, within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. A listed French Monument historique, it is undergoing restoratio ...

, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France, 1855 *

Villa Zorayda Villa Zorayda (also known as the Zorayda Castle) is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alha ...

, St. Augustine, FL, 1883 * Campo Pequeno bullring, Lisbon, 1892 * Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, FL, 1891 *Atwater water treatment plant, Canal de l'Aqueduc, Montreal, QC, 1912–18 *

Scroll and Key The Scroll and Key Society is a Collegiate secret societies in North America, secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the oldest Collegiate secret societies in North America#Yale University, Y ...

Hall (Yale senior society building, New Haven, CT; 1869 and 1901) * Palacio de Valle in

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(1913–17) * The Citadel, a military college in

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Gallery

File:BarroneImmaculateOct07Lowfasc.jpg, Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans), 1851, rebuilt 1930 File:Leopoldstädter Tempel 1858.jpg,

, Vienna, Austria, 1858 File:Spanish Synagogue.jpg, Spanish Synagogue (Prague), Czech Republic, 1868 File:Firenze synagoga 2009.JPG,

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

synagogue, Italy, 1882 File:Turin Synagogue 1.JPG,

synagogue, Italy, 1884 File:Fabric Synagogue in Timisoara Romania.jpg, Fabric New Synagogue in Timişoara, Romania, 1889 File:Old Tampa Bay Hotel.jpg, Tampa Bay Hotel,

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough ...

, 1891 File:Grand Choral Synagogue of SPB.jpg, The

Grand Choral Synagogue The Grand Choral Synagogue of Saint Petersburg ( rus, Санкт-Петербургская Большая Хоральная Синагога, Sankt-Peterburgskaya Bolshaya Khoralnaya Sinagoga; he, בית הכנסת הכוראלי הגדול ( ...

, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1893 File:PilsenSynagogue.JPG, Great Synagogue,

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabitants. The city is known worldwid ...

, Czech Republic, 1893 File:Sarajevo Vijecnica 2013.JPG, National Library,

, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1894 File:Likani Palace.JPG,

Palace, Georgia, 1895 File:Dulber Palace.JPG, Dulber, Koreiz,

, 1897 File:Moscow Vozdvizhenka Morozov House 08-2016.jpg,

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Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, Russia, 1899 File:Former Jewish Hospital in Lviv, Ukraine.jpg, Former Jewish Hospital in

, Ukraine, 1901 File:Gimnazija Mostar.jpg, Mostar Gymnasium,

Mostar , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = Mostar (collage image).jpg , image_caption = From top, left to right: A panoramic view of the heritage town site and the Neretva river from Lučki Bridge, Koski Mehmed Pasha ...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1902 File:Dresden Yenidze2.jpg, Yenidze Tobacco Factory,

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

, Germany, 1907 File:Синагога Ужгород.jpg, Uzhgorod Synagogue, 1910 File:MoorishSantaFe2.jpg, Scottish Rite Temple,

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label= Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The name “S ...

, 1912 File:Синагога Смоленск.jpg, Choral Synagogue (Smolensk), 1917 File:Arapska kukja 2015 (5).JPG, Hotel Jadran (Arabian house) in

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, 1938 File:Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno September 2014.jpg, Campo Pequeno bullring in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...

,1892. File:655070 muzeum w zamku Kórnik (1).jpg, Kórnik Castle, Poland File:Scroll and Key Society building, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut). Front and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors. Elevation and plans LCCN2013648230.jpg, Scroll and Key Hall; New Haven, Connecticut (Yale senior society building). This is a proposed plan of ca. 1867. Only far left structure was built. File:Kardzhali History Museum, Историчеки музей Кърджали.jpg, History Museum,

Kardzhali Kardzhali ( bg, Кърджали , ''Kărdžali''; tr, Kırcaali; gr, Κάρτζαλι, ''Kártzali''), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Pro ...

, Bulgaria

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