Kutaisi Synagogue

Kutaisi Synagogue
The synagogue in 2014
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Georgian Jewish
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	57-59 Boris Gaponov Street, Kutaisi
Country	Georgia
Location of the synagogue in Georgia
Geographic coordinates	42°16′27″N 42°42′33″E
Architecture
Completed	c. 1863
Materials	Stone

The Kutaisi Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 57–59 Boris Gaponov Street in Kutaisi in the Republic of Georgia. The stone synagogue was completed in c. 1863 in the Romanesque Revival style.[1]

History

Other synagogues in Kutaisi are the stone Small Synagogue, located at 10 Boris Gaponov Street, completed in 1815 in the Historicism style;[2] and the stone Great Synagogue, located at 8 Boris Gaponov Street, completed in 1886 in the Romanesque Revival style.[3]

See also

• History of the Jews in Georgia

References

1. "Upper (Mtsvanekvavila) Synagogue in Kutaisi". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
2. "Small Synagogue in Kutaisi". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
3. "Great Synagogue in Kutaisi". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

External links

Media related to Kutaisi synagogue at Wikimedia Commons