Choral Temple (Bucharest)

For similarly named synagogues, see Choral Synagogue.

The Choral Temple (Romanian: Templul Coral) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, in Bucharest, Romania. Designed in the Moorish Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1866.

Choral Temple
Romanian: Templul Coral
The façade of the synagogue, in 2011
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	9-11 Sf. Vineri Street, Bucharest
Country	Romania
Location of the synagogue in Bucharest
Geographic coordinates	44°25′52″N 26°06′24″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	I. Enderle (1866) Gustav Freiwald (1866) Iuliu Leoneanu (1932) Gregory Hirș (1932)
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Moorish Revival
Groundbreaking	1864
Completed	1866
Materials	Brick
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History

Designed by Enderle and Freiwald and built between 1864 and 1866, it is a very close copy of Vienna's Leopoldstadt-Tempelgasse Great Synagogue, which had been built in 1855–1858. The synagogue was devastated by the far-right Legionaries in January 1941, but was then restored after World War II, in 1945. The main hall was recently refurbished, and re-opened in 2015. The synagogue is still hosts daily religious services in the small hall, being one of the few active synagogues in the city and in Romania.^[2]

See also

• Judaism portal
• Romania portal

• History of the Jews in Bucharest
• History of the Jews in Romania
• List of synagogues in Bucharest
• List of synagogues in Romania
• Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom