Synagogue (Peski)
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The wooden synagogue in Peski in the Belarusian town of Hrodsenskaya Woblasz was built in the second half of the 18th century and destroyed by the German occupiers during World War II.
architecture
The main hall, which was 12.60 × 12.60 m square, was located a few steps lower than the rooms that were surrounded on three sides. Up to the beginning of the vault it was 7.60 m and up to its top 13.50 m high.
The much lower extensions were the vestibule in the west and the women's prayer rooms in the south and north. There were also two corner pavilions in the west, the walls of which were the same height as the walls of the main hall. The structures were constructed from horizontal beams and their design shows that all parts of the building were built at the same time.
The entrance to the vestibule was through two symmetrically placed doors on the west side, the entrance to the main hall was then through a door in the middle. Small stairs on the sides led to the corner pavilions; from there there was access to the women's rooms. The upper levels were accessed by stairs in the vestibule.
The main hall had two (high) rectangular pairs of windows on each side. Similar but smaller windows were in the women's rooms and on the upper floor of the pavilions.
The roof of the main hall consisted of three levels: a lower mansard roof , a hip roof in the middle and a gable roof above . During renovations, a round window with a Star of David was built into the gable on the west side . The corner pavilions had pyramid roofs .
The roofs of the women's rooms leaned against the sides to the south and north. The porch had transverse roofs; a kind of monopitch roof on each side and a gable roof in the middle. As a result, the windows on the west side, which were in between, were not covered by the roof structure of the vestibule.
Interior
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The bima was an octagonal podium surrounded by a balustrade and was located in the center of the room.
A few steps led to the Torah shrine on the east side. It was trapezoidal in shape with small pillars at the corners. The sides were decorated with floral motifs and animals. Above was a structure with the tablets of the law held by lions and crowned by a crown.
The walls were whitewashed; only the Torah shrine was multicolored and the wooden bima was natural.
See also
Source
- ↑ Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven's Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Pages 439-444. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0 . Detailed description.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 21 ′ 1.4 ″ N , 24 ° 37 ′ 25 ″ E