The Dohány Street Synagogue or Great Synagogue (Hungarian: Dohány utcai Zsinagóga/Nagy Zsinagóga, Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט) in Budapest is the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world, after the Temple Emanu-El in New York City. It seats 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.
The synagogue is 75m long and 27m wide and was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish style, based chiefly on Muslim models from North Africa and Spain, according to a plan by Ludwig Förster, with interior design partly by Frigyes Feszl. (source: wikipedia)
More photos of the Synagogue you can find here.
What a lovely photo. Love that it was adapted from Moorish islamic designs – which is one of my favourite styles of architecture.
Yes, the building is very nice by itself. I like the style too, it is absolutely unique in Budapest. The only problem is that there’s not enought space around the building, so you can not really admire the whole building from a distance.
Nagyon szép ez az épület, én is pont ebből a szögből szoktam megcsodálni, míg a trolira várok.:)
Beautiful Building, I have just been browsing your Flickr pictures and was very impressed.
Wonderful photograph and great information.