The Status Quo Ante Synagogue (Slovak: Synagóga status quo ante) is a former Status Quo Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Halenárska Street in Trnava, Slovakia. The building has been used as an arts center since 2016.
| Status Quo Ante Synagogue | |
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Slovak: Synagóga status quo ante | |
 The former synagogue and memorial plaque | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Status Quo (former) |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
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| Location | |
| Location | 2 Halenárska Street, Trnava |
| Country | Slovakia |
  Location of the former synagogue in Slovakia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 48°22′41″N 17°35′24″E / 48.3780°N 17.5901°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Jakob Gartner |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | |
| Completed | 1890s |
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| Dome(s) | Two |
| Materials | Brick |
| Website | |
| gjk (gallery website) | |
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History
editCompleted in either 1891 or 1897, the synagogue was designed by Jakob Gartner in the Moorish Revival and Byzantine Revival styles. In addition to the Status Quo synagogue, the city was also served by an Orthodox synagogue.[2] The synagogue was devastated in World War II. The synagogue has subsequently been repurposed as a center of contemporary art, housing the Ján Koniarek gallery,[3] and hosts a number of exhibitions and concerts.
Inside, apse and chapel are surrounded by a gallery for women, which is supported by cast iron columns with composite capitals. In the center of the chapel is a glass dome with its original design. Historically and to this day the synagogue is one of the most characteristic and most original buildings in the city. Its most characteristic features are the towers of spherical domes.
The synagogue is no longer active. In front of the building is a monument dedicated to the Jewish victims of World War II.
Gallery
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The Holocaust memorial plate
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Status Quo Synagogue in Trnava". Historic synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ "Trnava – Status Quo Synagogue". Slovak Jewish Heritage. n.d.
- ^ COMMON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR CROSS–BORDER EXCURSION TEACHING TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CIVICS (PDF). November 14, 2018. pp. 138–139.
External links
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