Great_Synagogue_(Husiatyn)
Great Synagogue (Husiatyn)
Former synagogue in Husiatyn, Ukraine
The Great Synagogue (Festungs-Schule) is a former Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located on Geroiv Maydany Street, in Husiatyn, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The congregation worshipped initially in the Ashkenazi rite;[1] however, by the late 19th-century, the congregation worshipped according to Hassidic practices.[2]
Described as "one of the loveliest and most splendid in Galicia";[3] and as "exquisite",[4] the former synagogue building is listed as a monument of Architectural Heritage of National Importance of Ukraine.