Vercelli Synagogue

The Vercelli Synagogue (Italian: Tempio Israelitico) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Via Foà 70, in Vercelli, Italy.^[2] Designed in the Moorish Revial style by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the Great Synagogue of Florence,^[3] the synagogue was completed in 1878.

The synagogue features red-and-white masonry courses and a flat, tripartite facade with a raised central portion, that resembles a number of other European and American synagogues with designs inspired by Vienna's Leopoldstädter Tempel, by architect Ludwig Förster.^[3]

A major restoration project was launched in 2007.^[4]

On 23 November 2013, in an antisemitic act, two swastikas were found sprayed on its walls.^[5]

1. ^ "Ashkenazi Synagogue in Vercelli". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
2. ^ Pugliese, Stanislao G., ed. (2002) The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press ISBN 0-313-31895-6; p. 174
3. ^ ^{a b} "Vercelli -- Synagogue under Restoration". Jewish Heritage Europe. March 5, 2009.
4. ^ "Beni da salvare 8 - La sinagoga di Vercelli esempio tangibile dell'emancipazione ebraica". Moked.it (in Italian).
5. ^ "Vercelli, svastiche sul cimitero ebraico L'incursione è stata compiuta nella notte". L'UNIONE SARDA.it (in Italian). Retrieved January 12, 2013.

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