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The Status Quo Ante Synagogue () is a former
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congregation and
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, located on Halenárska Street in
Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of the Trnava Region and the Trnava District. It is the seat o ...
,
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. The building has been used as an
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since 2016.


History

Completed in either 1891 or 1897, the synagogue was designed by Jakob Gartner in the
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and
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styles. In addition to the Status Quo synagogue, the city was also served by an
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synagogue. The synagogue was devastated in
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. The synagogue has subsequently been repurposed as a center of contemporary art, housing the Ján Koniarek gallery, and hosts a number of exhibitions and concerts. Inside, apse and chapel are surrounded by a gallery for women, which is supported by cast iron columns with composite capitals. In the center of the chapel is a glass dome with its original design. Historically and to this day the synagogue is one of the most characteristic and most original buildings in the city. Its most characteristic features are the towers of spherical domes. The synagogue is no longer active. In front of the building is a
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dedicated to the Jewish victims of World War II.


Gallery

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memorial plate


See also

* Controversy in use of the Trnava Orthodox Synagogue *
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*
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* 19th-century synagogues in Slovakia Buildings and structures in Trnava Byzantine Revival architecture in Slovakia Byzantine Revival synagogues Cultural centers in Slovakia Former synagogues in Slovakia Moorish Revival architecture in Slovakia Moorish Revival synagogues Synagogue buildings with domes Synagogues completed in the 1890s {{Slovakia-religious-struct-stub