Synagogues

[Kyriakos]

Does anyone have pics of historic, iconic synagogues? I am interested in those in Europe and the middle East

I would like to make one as a resource and building.

 

[Ares de Borg]

http://www.iqpedia.com/Syria/Aleppo/synagogue

 

[Kyriakos]

Thanks Ares

But i am looking for something more impressive, delicate, detailed etc

 

[Leaven]

What about the Temple in Jerusalem? Or is that too iconic? I'll find some pics...

EDIT: ok here are some from Wikipedia:

Spoiler :

 

[Maimonides]

Does anyone have pics of historic, iconic synagogues? I am interested in those in Europe and the middle East

I would like to make one as a resource and building.

"Europe & the Middle East" still leaves a lot of options. Can you narrow it down by requesting a general time period? I can post lots of useful pics for ya, but I need something more specific. Medieval European synagogues look very different from more modern ones. Same thing goes for Middle Eastern ones. Egyptian synagogues look different than Syrian ones, etc. A requested time period would help a lot & I'd love to help.

Here's a cool one:

Old-New Synagogue, Prague, Czech Republic.

Built in 1270. Europe's oldest active synagogue. One of the earliest Gothic buildings. Survived many pogroms, wars, fires & redevelopments over the centuries. Oldest surviving example of the medieval twin nave type of synagogue.

Franz Kafka attended & had his bar mitzvah there plus tons of other, older history.

 

[Kyriakos]

I had come across that building in my own search
I thought it looked too simple, but since Kafka went there i might as well try to model it

@Leaven: i need something that is medieval or a bit later than that

 

[Maimonides]

I had come across that building in my own search
I thought it looked too simple, but since Kafka went there i might as well try to model it

Cool. I thought you'd like the Kafka connection. I tried to find an image of Edgar Allen Poe's synagogue, but came up blank.

The problem with making a synagogue model for Civ is that there really isn't a typical synagogue. They all look different.

@Leaven: i need something that is medieval or a bit later than that

Here's something more modern:

Altshtot synagogue, Lodz, Poland. Built in 1871, destroyed in 1939.

Tempel Synagogue, Lviv, Poland. Built in 1846, destroyed in 1941.

Reform synagogue, Chernivtsi, Poland. Built in 1873, converted into a movie theater in 1959.

 

[nick0515]

How about the Synagogue of El Transito

Haven't found a better picture yet.

 

[MeteorPunch]

I could use an ancient era "Jewish" resource, if you make one.

 

[Kyriakos]

Out of those the Tempel synagogue seems to be the easiest for me to make, since it is in the neo-Byzantine style.