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Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest

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Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest
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The largest synagogue in Europe, built in the 1850s in a Moorish Revival style, with twin onion-domed towers. The complex includes the Hungarian Jewish Museum, a cemetery for those who died in the ghetto in 1944–45, and the Tree of Life memorial, a weeping willow of metal leaves engraved with names of Holocaust victims.


It's closed on Saturdays and Jewish holidays. Men must cover their heads (kippahs are provided). The surrounding 7th district, the old Jewish quarter, is now known for its 'ruin bars' in derelict buildings.

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