Synagogue on Rue Pavée

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Synagogue on Rue Pavée

The Synagogue of Rue Pavée or Synagogue of Agoudas Hakehilot at 10 Rue Pavée in the 4th arrondissement of Paris is located in the middle of the Marais district. It is an Orthodox synagogue that does not belong to the Consistoire de Paris . The nearest metro station is Saint-Paul on line 1 . The synagogue was built in 1913 by the Art Nouveau architect Hector Guimard and was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1989 as Monument historique .

history

In 1911, nine Jewish communities of Russian and Polish immigrants , each of which had its own prayer room, joined together under President Joseph Landau to form the Agoudas Hakehilot (אֲגֻדָּת־הַקְּהִלּוֹת) association in order to build a synagogue together. They bought a plot of land in Rue Pavée that was only 30 meters deep and almost twelve meters wide, but was in the middle of the Marais district, where a large number of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe had settled in the 19th century. The famous architect Hector Guimard , who had already built several residential buildings in the 16th arrondissement , in the elegant west of Paris, and designed the Art Nouveau entrances to the Paris Métro , was commissioned to build the synagogue . He had been married to Adeline Oppenheim, who came from a New York Jewish family , since 1909 . The foundation stone was laid in April 1913 and the synagogue was already in use from October of the same year, although the official inauguration did not take place until June 1914.

architecture

Law boards
inside view

The building is set back slightly from the street front. The facade is tripartite and wave-shaped and pierced with lancet-shaped twin windows that mark three floors. Narrow pilasters extend over the entire facade and end in stylized plant motifs. The law boards are attached under the rounded roof overhang . The Star of David above the entrance portal was only installed during the renovation after the Second World War . Behind the three-part portal is a vestibule , from which side stairs lead to the women's galleries. The narrow interior appears unusually high and is divided into two floors with side galleries. It is illuminated by a skylight and a large window on the front wall above the Torah shrine .

Furnishing

In the center of the ship is the bima , which is surrounded by four Art Nouveau candelabra . With the exception of the eight-armed chandelier in the middle, the entire furniture and decor, the stucco , the lattice of the galleries and the lamps were designed by Hector Guimard and show the stylized plant motifs typical of Art Nouveau. The same wavy line can be found on the benches as on the facade.

literature

  • Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris . Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , p. 772.
  • Dominique Jarrassé: Guide du Patrimoine Juif Parisien . Parigramme, Paris 2003, ISBN 978-2-84096-247-2 , pp. 121-125.
  • Philippe Thiébaut (Ed.): Guimard . Paris 1992, ISBN 2-7118-2329-6 , pp. 415-419.

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '21.4 "  N , 2 ° 21' 38.3"  E