Re: Hungary

[Gerben Zaagsma <gerbn...>]

Thanks Simon and Lori!

MOI
Gerben

>At 02:00 PM 7/22/99 EDT, you wrote:
>>
>>In a message dated 7/22/99 3:25:42 AM, gerbn (at) wxs(dot)nl writes:
>>
>><< I'll be going to Hungary in august, including a visit to Budapest.  >>
>>
>>There is a beautiful synagogue in Budapest, The Dohany Street Synagogue.
>This
>>should be a very important part of your visit.
>>Simon
>
>There is also a synagogue in Szeged, just north of the former Yugoslav
>border, that is worth seeing.  It is a large, freestanding building which
>occupies a city block on a site surrounded by a large iron fence and trees.
> It is the largest and most ambitious of the projects of the famous Jewish
>architect, Lipot Baumhorn, to survive the war.  Around the perimeter of the
>building is a series of stained-glass windows on various themes pertaining
>to the cycle of the Jewish year.  The largest window includes an image of
>the self-same synagogue.  The first rabbi of the synagogue, it is said, was
>keen on botany, and this interest shows in the decorative elements.
>
>Lori
>
>Lori Cahan-Simon
>



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