List of synagogues in Bucharest

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This is a list of synagogues in Bucharest.

NameRomanian nameYear builtLocationNotes
Beit Hamidrash Synagogue Sinagoga Bet Hamidraș18th century Calea Moșilor
Cahal Grande Synagogue (Great Spanish Temple)Sinagoga Cahal Grande (Templul Mare Spaniol)1818 Văcărești destroyed during the 1941 Bucharest pogrom
Cahal Cicu Synagogue (Small Spanish Temple)Sinagoga Cahal Cicu (Templul Mic spaniol)1846destroyed during the 1941 Bucharest pogrom
Faith Temple (Hevrah Amuna)Templul Credința1926
Great Synagogue (Polish)Sinagoga Mare (Poloneză)1845
Holy Union Temple Templul Unirea Sfântă1836
Malbim Synagogue Sinagoga Malbim1864demolished in the 1980s
Choral Temple Templul Coral1866
Yeshua Tova Synagogue Sinagoga Eșua Tova1827


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