Facade of the Budapest's Dohany St. Synagogue, built
in mid-19th century, said to be Europe's largest |
Interior; a beautiful place, not much defaced by the Germans
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The style is Moorish Revival, but with many of the trappings of a Christian
church...pulpits, organ, etc. |
Dome
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Vaulting
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Definitely Moorish-looking
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Silver tree memorial to Hungary's half a million Holocaust victims, in the
synagogue courtyard; the tree was a gift of the American film actor Tony Curtis, whose father was among those murdered |
Nearly 500,000 Hungarian Jews were deported and
murdered in May-June, 1944 |
In the neighborhood; the philosopher Spinoza actually
has a cafe named in his honor; he resided in Budapest for a time, evidently |
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