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Kaunas Synagogue

Kaunas, Lithuania · built 1871

The Kaunas Synagogue, also known as the Choral Ohel Yaakov Synagogue (Lithuanian: Kauno choralinė sinagoga), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 13 East Ožeškienės Street, in Centras eldership, Kaunas, in the Kaunas County of Lithuania. Designed by Justyn Golinewicz and Edmund von Mikwitz in an eclectic mix of the Baroque Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Moorish Revival styles, the building was completed in 1872 and is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania.

Synagogue data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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