architecture
Choral Synagogue
Vilnius, Lithuania
Choralinė sinagoga [Lithuanian]
Taharot Hakodeš sinagoga [Lithuanian]
Architecture
The Choral Synagogue is the only surviving one of the more than 100 synagogues that once stood in Vilnius. Fortunately, the synagogue survived World War II because it was used as a pharmacy.
full/alternative names
Taharat Ha-Kodesh Synagogue
built
1902-1903
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Geography
historical affiliations
1903-1915
1915-1918
1918-1940
1940-1941
1941-1944
1944-1990