| Great City Synagogue | |
|---|---|
Ukrainian:Велика міська синагога | |
 The former synagogue,c. 1900 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism(former) |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue(1801–1943) |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Location | |
| Location | Staroyevreiska Street,Lviv,Lviv Oblast |
| Country | Ukraine |
  Location of the destroyed synagogue inUkraine | |
| Coordinates | 49°50′28″N24°2′6″E / 49.84111°N 24.03500°E /49.84111; 24.03500 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Neoclassical |
| Established | 1320s(as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1801 |
| Destroyed | 14 August 1941 |
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TheGreat City Synagogue (Ukrainian:Велика міська синагога,romanized: Velyka miska synahoha,Polish:Wielka Synagoga Miejska we Lwowie) was a formerOrthodoxJewishsynagogue in the city ofLviv (Polish:Lwów,German:Lemberg), in what is now theLviv Oblast ofUkraine. It was situated in the former Jewish Quarter near today's city centre.
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The first synagogue in Lviv, in what was then theKingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, was situated nearby in 29 Feodorova Street. It was awooden synagogue building that was built around 1320. On 15 June 1527 a catastrophic fire destroyed parts of the city including the synagogue.[1] A new brick synagogue in theGothic style was constructed on 54 Staroyevreiska Street in 1555. It served as the Great City Synagogue until 1797, when it was ordered for demolition, based due to its small size.[2]
In 1606, the role of the Great City Synagogue shifted to theGolden Rose Synagogue. When this synagogue also became too small, the Jewish community began to construct a new, considerably bigger, synagogue on the site of the disassembled old synagogue.[1]
A new rectagonalNeoclassical synagogue was built between 1799 and 1801. After the Jewish community transferred the reliquaries from the Golden Rose Synagogue to the newly constructed synagogue in 1801, the latter became the main city synagogue. A single-storey Beit Midrash adjoined the synagogue. In 1878 the shingles on the roof of the temple were replaced with tin. The staircase was reconstructed and a new stairway was added, leading to the women's prayer room on the gallery, completed in 1910.[2]
DuringWorld War II, on 14 August 1941, theGerman Nazis burned the synagogue. The following year, the ruins were destroyed.[2]
In 2010, an initiative of the L’viv City Council, the L’viv Center for Urban History, and the German Society for International Cooperation, The Space of Synagogues was announced to commemorate the sites of the former Great City Synagogue, the former Golden Rose Synagogue, remnants of the Old Jewish Cemetery, and the site of the Janowska concentration camp. After a design competition, the first stage was opened in 2016 featuring landscape designs by Franz Reschke,[3][4] with additional stages planned.[5]
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