Great Synagogue (Bels)

Great Synagogue in Bels (between 1905 and 1910)

The Great Synagogue in Bels , a city in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine , was built in 1834 on the initiative of Rabbi Shalom Rokeach , the founder of the Belz dynasty .

The synagogue in oriental style was in 1942 during the Second World War, blown up by the German occupiers.

See also

• List of synagogues in Ukraine
• Jewish cemetery (Bels)

Web links

Commons : Great Synagogue (Bels)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description of the synagogue at Virtual Shtetl

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 0.6 ″  N , 24 ° 0 ′ 34.9 ″  E