At the banks of the Danube in northern central Hungary you will find the small city of Vác. The Synagogue is a beautiful building, but we couldn’t get in.
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Szeged left us speechless
This synagogue is quite something. Huge. Impressive. Magnificent. Built in only 3 years and opened in 1903 it is still usable as a synagogue. I have read it is one of the largest in the world and second largest in Hungary. There is a small Jewish community in Szeged that organise a festival every year […]
Kecskemét- the most beautiful „House of Technology“
To find good use for former synagogues is not always easy. In Kescemét it is used not for music but for conferences and sciences stuff. It was built in the 1870s. Due to a change in city development (the park and boulevard was built) it was suddenly located right in the city center. Quite unusual […]
Leo Frankel Synagoge — A Courtyard Well Used
Not many synagogues are located on the Buda side. The Leo Frankel is one of the few. Built in the 1880s, the surrounding building was added in the 1920s. The synagogue is a wonderful example of Neogothic style, especially the windows. Source: Wikipedia
Budapest is awesome
I did not know where to start, so much to draw would be here. I have to come back to do more drawings… But more than this one synagogue I did not manage. But what a great place! It is the Sasz-Chevra Orthodox Grand Synagogue. Located in the „Jewish quarter“ in Pest in Kacinzky Street. […]
Vác- City of Nettletree
Even on these hot, hot summer days, this city is cool: the streets are lined with nettletrees. They keep a wonderful microclimate. Also on the street, where the synagogue is located. The synagogue is in pretty good state. It is not to be visited, but on special occasions. Location of Synagogues As on this city […]
The Great Synagogue of Györ
Can be found at Kossuth Lajos utca 5 near the center of Györ, a town of over 100.000 inhabitants, among them approximately 10 Jews. As the post-Shoah community of 780 survivors didn’t have the means for its upkeep, the building was sold to the city of Györ some time in the 1960s. Since the 1970s […]
Impressive Györ synagogue is hard to draw
For everyone using this magnificent place it is great: so many trees are around the building. In the back the little park with comfortable benches and in the courtyard a few old horsechestnuttrees: it all adds to a better microclimate. The day is cooler. But for a drawing person it is difficult to find a […]
Sopron (aka Ödenburg) and its Unaccessible Synagogues
We found three former Synagogues in the town of Sopron: the hidden one, the unrecognizable one, and the blocked one. The first one is the “Old Synagogue”. It is said to be a remnant of the first Jewish community in Sopron, that was driven out in 1526. It is built into a back yard and […]
Quiet Sopron
Yes, museums are closed on national holiday in Hungary. So we could not visit the museum in the „old synagogue“ in Sopron. If I drew the entrance of the museum or the synagogue, I don’t know. The new synagogue is not in such good shape. It is not called the new one (there is a […]