Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue

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The Elijahu Hanavi Synagogue ( Hebrew בית הכנסת אליהו הנביא Synagogue of Elijah the Prophet , Arabic كنيس النبي إلياهو) is a synagogue in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Prophet-Daniel-Straße. It is considered to be the largest synagogue in the Middle East . Instead of a previous building from 1354, a new large synagogue was built in 1850 in the style of eclecticism . The previous building had been destroyed twice, the last time in 1798 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte during the Egypt expedition . The French engineer and architect Léon Barcilon provided the designs for the construction of today's Jewish sacred building . Despite the exodus of almost all Alexandrian Jews , the Elijahu Hanavi Synagogue is still open. In 2012, the synagogue was closed on the high Jewish holiday of Jamim Noraim (" Days of Reverence ") for security reasons.

  • The Elijahu Hanavi Synagogue

  • el-Nabi-Danial (Prophet Daniel) Street

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  1. ↑ a b Haaretz , accessed on July 14, 2012
  2. ↑ Yousrya Abdel-Aziz Hosni: Alexandria Historical and Archaeological Guide . at Google Books; Retrieved July 14, 2012

Coordinates: 31 ° 11 ′ 56 "  N , 29 ° 54 ′ 1"  E