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Great Synagogue, Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland · built 1878

The Great Synagogue of Warsaw (Wielka Synagoga w Warszawie) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on Tłomackie street, in Warsaw, in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Leandro Marconi and completed in the Neoclassical style in 1878, at the time of its opening, it was the largest Jewish house of worship in the world. The grand synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on May 16, 1943.

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