Bevis Marks Synagogue

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Portal of the Bevis Marks Synagogue

The Bevis Marks Synagogue (English: Bevis Marks Synagogue ) on Heneage Lane in the East End of London is the oldest synagogue in England still in existence today .

history

It was built from 1699 to 1701 by the Sephardic community founded in the 17th century as a two-story box building made of red bricks. It is 24.50 meters by 15 meters and, based on the model of the Livorno synagogue, has inside (women) lofts on three sides.

literature

  • Carol Herselle Krinsky: Europe's synagogues. Architecture, history and meaning . Fourier, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-925037-89-6 , pp. 410-412 .
  • Richard D. Barnett: The synagogue of Bevis Marks . Latimer Trent Publ., Plymouth 1987 (reprint of the London 1960 edition).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This synagogue was destroyed in World War II .

Web links

Commons : Bevis-Marks-Synagoge  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 52.2 "  N , 0 ° 4 ′ 44.6"  W.