The Synagogues of Greece by Elias Messinas

Volos

Main floor plan of the synagogue in Volos. The bimah is in the center of the hall. The morphology of the floor plan is clearly inspired by the Temple in Jerusalem. (Elias V. Messinas Architect)

Site plan of the synagogue in Volos, built in 1960 to replace the earlier synagogue (18651870) destroyed during the earthquake of 1955. Based on the survey by architect Elias Messinas in June 1995. I take this opportunity to thank Rafael Frezis for assisting in the survey. (Elias V. Messinas Architect)

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Second floor (ezrat nashim) plan of the synagogue in Volos. (Elias V. Messinas Architect)

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The Synagogues of Greece by Elias Messinas

Published on Aug 17, 2017

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THE SYNAGOGUES OF GREECE: A STUDY OF SYNAGOGUES IN MACEDONIA AND THRACE is the result of nearly two decades of research and in-situ work by the author. The manuscript was based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and a post-doctoral Ally Kaufmann Fellowship research at the Technion Institute of Technology, Israel. Based on unpublished archival sources, and detailed architectural surveys and drawings, this book traces the history of the synagogues, the Jewish quarters and Jewish communities in Greece, from antiquity, through Byzantine and Ottoman times, contemporary history and the Holocaust, when 87% of Greek Jewry was annihilated. The author Elias Messinas is an architect, graduate of the Yale School of Architecture based in Israel and Greece.

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