architecture

Choral Ohel Yaakov Synagogue

Kaunas, Lithuania

Kauno choralinė sinagoga [Lithuanian]
Choralinė Ohel Jaakov Sinagoga [Lithuanian]

Architecture

The Choral Synagogue is the only one of more than 25 synagogues in Kaunas that survived World War II. 

full/alternative names
Kaunas Synagogue
built
1870-1872
culture
Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Ashkenazi
style/period
Revivalism/Historicism, Baroque Revival
work type
Ashkenazi synagogue
form/concept
rectangular plan
material
brick
technique
masonry
architect
Ustin Golinevich
patronage
Lewin Boruch Minkowski

Geography

Europe » Northern Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas County » Kaunas » Centras
local language location name
Kaunas, Lietuva [Lithuanian]
cultural historical region
Baltics
historical affiliations
1872-1915
Russian Empire
1915-1918
German Empire
1918-1940
Lithuania
1940-1941
Soviet Union
1941-1944
German Realm
1944-1990
Soviet Union