Besançon Synagogue

metropolitan France · France

Besançon Synagogue, France
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A striking Moorish Revival synagogue completed in 1871 beside the Doubs river. Its horseshoe arches and polychrome brick facade make it one of the finest 19th-century Jewish buildings in eastern France.

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