The Belfort Synagogue is a synagogue built in the

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during the

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in the city center of

Belfort Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg, approximately from the France–Switzerland border. It is the prefecture of the Terri ...

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. The building was erected in 1857 and was put on the list of

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in October 1983. The Jewish community exists in the town since the 13th century. Today the synagogue is active although the Jewish community is very small. An old Jewish cemetery from 1811 still exists today.

Gallery

2015-01-16 17-50-23 ceremonie-synagogue.jpg, Ceremony after the January 2015 attacks in France. 2015-01-16 18-00-04 ceremonie-synagogue.jpg, Ceremony after the January 2015 attacks in France. Monument aux morts du cimetière juif de Belfort.JPG, Monument at the Jewish cemetery of Belfort. Synagogue de Foussemagne.JPG, Synagogue nearby town Foussemagne. Jews from Belfort and Foussemagne renovated the building and put a

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References

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