Mayor Synagogue is a former synagogue in the

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district of Beyoğlu,

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

History

According to historian Lorans Tanatar Baruh, the synagogue was built in the

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

era and was called Mayor because it was the largest in the neighborhood. Another historian claims the synagogue was built 300 to 500 years ago by

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

s from Majorca. (According to historian Jak Deleon, in the 1950s there was a Mayorka Synagogue in Hasköy.) The synagogue building is now used as storage space, workshops, and a

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. In September 2009, artist

Serge Spitzer Serge Spitzer (June 29, 1951 – September 9, 2012) Romanian-born American artist, known for his site-specific installations, sculpture, photographs and video. Biography In 1969–1972, Serge Spitzer studied at the Art Academy in Bucharest ...

chose this site for his installation ''Molecular Istanbul''.Utku.

References

External links

Serge Spitzer: Molecular Istanbul, Mayor Synagogue, Istanbul.
''VernissageTV'', 28 September 2009. Video includes many interior and exterior views of the structure.

New Publication Serge Spitzer / Molecular (ISTANBUL)

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