Current name

The Cetate Synagogue

Address

6 Mărăşeşeti St.

Dating

1863 – 1865

Arch. Ignatz Schumann from Vienna

Architectural style

The style used is historicist eclectic, typical for the second half of the nineteenth century, using “Moorish architecture” ornaments and symbolic decorations specific to the Jewish faith.

Other information

The building was initially called the New Synagogue. The Old Synagogue (1760 - 1762) is located inside the “Hebrew square” (Judenhof), to not be visible from the public space of the street. At that time it was not allowed to “disturb” the appearance of a Christian city!