Trakai Kenesa
| Trakai Kenesa | |
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 The former synagogue in 2010 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Karaite Judaism (former) |
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| Location | |
| Location | 30 Karaimų Street, Trakai, Vilnius County |
| Country | Lithuania |
  Location of the former synagogue in Lithuania | |
| Geographic coordinates | 54°38′52″N 24°55′58″E / 54.64778°N 24.93278°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Wooden synagogue |
| Style | Baroque Revival |
| Completed | c. 1800 |
| Materials | Timber |
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The Trakai Kenesa is a former Qaraite Jewish congregation and synagogue, or kenesa, located at 30 Karaimų Street, in Trakai, in the Vilnius County of Lithuania.
Designed in the Baroque Revival style, the wooden synagogue was completed in c. 1800, restored in the 1890s. Built on a rectangular plan and covered with a hipped roof with a small annex, the synagogue was larger than the surrounding houses. The building is a rare example of one of the surviving kenesas of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2][a] The building now operates as a Jewish museum.[4]
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Karaite Kenessa in Trakai". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ The Karaite Kenessa in Trakai. Vilnius. 2007.[self-published source?]
- ^ "The Trakai Synagogue". Virtual Shtetl. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ Kalik, Judith (2010). "Trakai". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Kobeckaite, H. (2019). The temples of Lithuanian Karaims – kenesas (in Lithuanian). Translated by Monika Matulevičiūtė. Vilnius.
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