The Szolnok Synagogue is a former

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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 Templom út 2, in

Szolnok Szolnok (; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, wh ...

, in the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok,

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. Completed in 1898, the building was used a synagogue until

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and, following restoration, has been used as the Szolnok Gallery, an

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, since 1960.

Architecture

The synagogue in Szolnok was designed by

Lipót Baumhorn Lipót Baumhorn ( hu, Baumhorn Lipót, german: Leopold Baumhorn, 28 December 1860, Kisbér – 8 July 1932, Kisbér) was a Hungarian architect of Jewish heritage, the most influential Hungarian synagogue architect in the first half of the 20th ...

and was completed in 1898. The site is surrounded by an ornate fence, and the synagogue has a winter hall and offices. The

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building, considered by some to be exaggerated, was the third synagogue of Baumhorn and bears his creative Italian study tour and the influence of Ödön Lechner. Above the central floor plan was a dome, which, together with its ornaments, is a direct descendant of the style of the

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. The four facades, on the other hand, contain elements of Italian Gothic architecture. The mass of the exterior and the richness of the interior were in harmony. The building has an external dimension of and a square interior space of . The dome is underpinned by columnar columns and the interior is surrounded by a female gallery. In front of the eastern wall, the pedestal and the ornately shaped crib were once separated by a cast-iron fence. Extensively renovated and restored in 1960, the museum and art gallery is operated by Damjanich János Museum.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szolnok Synagogue 19th-century synagogues in Hungary Art museums and galleries in Hungary Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Hungary Ashkenazi synagogues

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 ...

Eclectic architecture Former synagogues in Hungary Lipót Baumhorn buildings Neolog synagogues in Hungary Romanesque Revival architecture in Hungary Romanesque Revival synagogues Synagogues completed in 1898

Architecture

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