The Vercelli Synagogue () is an
Orthodox
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Jewish
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congregation and
synagogue
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, located at Via Foà 70, in
Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC.
...
,
Italy
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. Designed in the
Moorish Revial style by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the
Great Synagogue of Florence
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,
the synagogue was completed in 1878.
History
The synagogue features red-and-white masonry courses and a flat, tripartite facade with a raised central portion, that resembles a number of other European and American synagogues with designs inspired by Vienna's
Leopoldstädter Tempel
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, by architect
Ludwig Förster
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Ludwig Förster studied in Munich and Vienna. ...
.
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A major restoration project was launched in 2007.
On 23 November 2013, in an ]antisemitic
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act, two swastika
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s were found sprayed on its walls.
See also
* History of the Jews in Italy
The history of the Jews in Italy spans more than two thousand years to the present. The Jewish presence in Italy dates to the pre-Christian Roman period and has continued, despite periods of extreme persecution and expulsions, until the prese ...
* List of synagogues in Italy
References
External links
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{{Synagogues in Italy
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Moorish Revival synagogues in Italy
Orthodox synagogues in Italy
Synagogues completed in 1878
Synagogues in Piedmont