Great Synagogue — Attraction in Iași Metropolitan Area

We were a group of about 30 who had an appointment to see this synagogue. It is an interesting building, build in 1671 and one of only two synagogues left in Iasi where before the World War Two there were 127 synagogues. It was re-opened in 2018 after a major restoration. A special feature of this building is its hight. Regulations in the past required that no synagogue should be taller than nearby churches, but the synagogue needed hight under the ceiling. So they lowered the floor of the building at least one metre below ground level. The interior with wooden carved features...

This building has been restored. Very old sinagogue with beautiful architecture. We were lucky to be able to visit it. It is a pity that we had these racial conflicts and economical or social conflicts no matter their nature could not be intelligently managed. Now the community is very small and the communists were against the old and the...

This is the oldest surviving synagogue in Romania built in 1671 and recently restored

The dome is more recent dating from 1914. The architecture is splendid, too bad it's surrounded by those communist building blocks

It's supposed to be very beautiful on the inside as well, sadly every time I visited I...