Dohány Street Synagogue
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Europe's largest synagogue, ornate Moorish architecture, museum
Europe's largest synagogue, ornate Moorish architecture, museum
"With uniquely ornate Moorish Revival architecture featuring two 43-meter-tall towers topped by onion domes, the Dohány Street Synagogue is the grandest gateway to Budapest’s Jewish Quarter, serving the community as an active Judaic temple and providing a home to the Hungarian Jewish Museum. The synagogue is rich with history, and continually stands as a significant symbol for Budapest’s Jewish community in both bright and dark times." - We Love Budapest
"Dominating the intriguing Jewish quarter on the Pest side of the city, the Great Synagogue is a must-see for lovers of culture in general and Europe's Jewish history in particular. This is Europe's largest operating synagogue (the largest, in fact, outside New York City) on Dohány Street, which was once the boundary for the Budapest Jewish Ghetto. Inside are stunning Romantic and Moorish architectural elements like rose windows and a monumental organ. Other parts of the complex include a Jewish cemetery, a small prayer area called the Heroes' Temple, and the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, built on the site of the home in which Theodor Herzl, the originator of modern Zionism, was born."
"▲▲ The world's second-largest, with fancy interior, good museum, and memorial garden." - Rick Steves' Europe
"Called a must-see stop in the Jewish Quarter, the Dohány Street Synagogue is recommended as an important cultural and historical sight for visitors to Budapest." - Matthew Kepnes
"I found the Dohány Street Synagogue striking both for its scale (it seats about 3,000 people, making it the second-largest synagogue in the world) and the history you learn on guided tours; it’s also conveniently near Wallenberg Memorial Park and the Hungarian Jewish Museum." - Matthew Kepnes