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Orthodox Synagage

Sinagoga Veche
Orthodox Synagage
Sinagoga Veche
Original function:
synagogue
Current function:
abandoned
Church:
Jewish
Address:
Castelului 64
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.6399307626, 25.5918326474
Google map:

History

The synagogue was built in 1926. In the Middle Ages it was the site of the so-called "lepers' church", later used by Lutherans and then Calvinists. In 1941 it was ransacked and looted by the Romanian nationalist Iron Guard. Today it is used as a warehouse.

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