Synagogue (Nantes)
The synagogue in Nantes , a major city in western France and the capital of the Pays de la Loire region , was inaugurated on June 21, 1870. The synagogue is located at 5 rue Copernic, barely visible in a blind alley near the city center.
history
The Jewish community in Nantes was the center for the Jews in Brittany in the Middle Ages .
The modern Jewish community in Nantes was founded in 1834 after the equality of Jews during the French Revolution . The community first used a prayer room in rue Montesquieu and from 1852 in rue de la Rosière-d'Artois, which from 1866 had become too small for the increasing number of parishioners.
With financial support from the city of Nantes, the synagogue was built at the end of the 1860s and is still used for worship today. When the synagogue was built, the Jewish community had around 200 members.
description
The synagogue has three ogival portals , the middle one being framed by two set columns . Only the large ogival window above the portal zone significantly illuminates the synagogue space, because the building is closely enclosed by the neighboring houses. The top of the gable is crowned by the tablets of the law .
Despite the devastation caused by the German occupiers during the Second World War , the synagogue equipment has been almost completely preserved.
Web links
- Les 140 ans de la synagogue de Nantes (with photo of the prayer room) (accessed August 22, 2015)
- Consistoire regional de Bretagne - Pays de Loire (accessed on 22 August 2015)
Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '55.58 " N , 1 ° 33' 57.1" W.