Wednesday, April 21, 2010



My friend and I just visited Sofia Synagogue in Sofia, Bulagaria. It's one of the largest synagogues in the world, seating up to about 1,200 people. It was constructed for the many Sephardic jews in Bulgaria and resembles another Sephardic temple in Vienna. It is an Orthodox temple and was built in 1909! It's 101 years old and is still used!!The chadelier is huge and is the largest in the whole country! It's beautiful and compliments the whole synagogue nicely. It's structure, especially it's dome top makes it very very beautiful.The Sofia Synagogue also houses the Jewish Musuem of History which includes some information about the Holocaust. It was very interesting because I have never heard about the Holocaust anywhere other than my hometown.

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