Il Kal Grande

Synagogue in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

43°51′26″N 18°25′19″E / 43.85720171284883°N 18.422037471148602°E / 43.85720171284883; 18.422037471148602ArchitectureArchitect(s)Rudolf LubinskiTypeSynagogue architectureStyleMoorish RevivalCompleted1930Construction costYUM18 millionDestroyed16 April 1941 (partial)SpecificationsCapacity1,000 worshipersDome(s)OneDome height (outer)36 metres (118 ft)

KONS of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Official nameIl Kal Grande, the historic monumentTypeCategory II cultural propertyDesignatedNovember 10, 2003
(decision No. 06-6-977/03-3)Reference no.114List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Il Kal Grande, also spelled Il Kal Grandi (Judaeo-Spanish: The Great Synagogue), is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The congregation worshiped in the Sephardi rite. The building has been used as a cultural center since 1993.^[1]

History

The large synagogue was constructed in the Moorish Revival style in 1930, by a design of the architect Rudolf Lubinski. It was the largest and most ornate synagogue in the Balkans. The building was heavily damaged by the Nazis in 1941 during World War II, and the majority of the Jewish community was murdered in the Holocaust.

After WWII, all the Jews of Sarajevo used the Sarajevo Synagogue, the synagogue of the Ashkenazi community.

The exterior of "Il Kal Grande" was restored in a simplified secular form in 1965, and the former dome was replaced with a flat roof. The building was initially used as the Đuro Đaković Workers' University Center and currently as the Bosnian Cultural Center.

References

^ Il, Michael (2 August 2023). "Synagogue, workers' university, cultural center". History and Cultural Heritage in Eastern Europe. Copernico. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

External links

Media related to Il Kal Grande at Wikimedia Commons

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v t e Jews and Judaism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Topics	The Holocaust History Ottoman Empire Yugoslavia Sarajevo Haggadah Sejdić and Finci constitutional challenge
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Synagogues	Sarajevo Former: Il Kal Grande Zenica Synagogue
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