Tallinn Synagogue, ( et, Tallinna sünagoog), also known as Beit Bella Synagogue, is located in Estonia's

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. The privately funded synagogue in central

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was inaugurated on May 16, 2007. The building is an ultramodern, airy structure, which can seat 180 people with additional seating for up to 230 people for concerts and other public events. It received global attention as it was the first synagogue to open in

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since

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. The original synagogue, built in 1883, was not rebuilt after being destroyed in March 1944 during a Soviet air bombing raid on Tallinn, which at the time was occupied by

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- the city then became the only post-war

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an capital without a synagogue.

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast o ...

, a university city in southeastern Estonia and the second largest city in Estonia, also had a synagogue ( Tartu Synagogue) which was destroyed during World War II.

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