List of synagogues in Bulgaria explained

This is a list of synagogues, Jewish houses of prayer, in Bulgaria.

Name	Location	Built	Architectural style[1]	Status	Image	Reference
Sofia Synagogue	Sofia	1909	Moorish Revival	functioning		[2]
Plovdiv Synagogue (Zion)	Plovdiv	1887		functioning		[3]
	Plovdiv	3rd – 4th century		in ruins		[4]
Vidin Synagogue	Vidin	1894		in ruins, building being reconstructed		[5]
Varna Sephardic Synagogue	Varna	1890	Moorish Revival, Gothic Revival	in ruins		[6]
Varna Ashkenazi Synagogue	Varna	1910		Reconstructed in 2007, functioning
Burgas Synagogue	Burgas	1909	Moorish Revival, Neo-Byzantine, Neoclassical	now used as Petko Zadgorski Burgas Art Gallery, building being reconstructed		[7]
Samokov Synagogue	Samokov	1860		in ruins		[8] [9]
Pazardzhik Great Synagogue	Pazardzhik	1850	Bulgarian National Revival Neo-Baroque	not functioning		[10]
Pazardzhik Small Synagogue	Pazardzhik	1872	Bulgarian National Revival	not functioning		[11]
Shumen Synagogue	Shumen	mid-19th century		Demolished	https://web.archive.org/web/20130811002640/http://heritage.hit.bg/Shumen/Shumen.jpg,	[12]
Dobrich Synagogue	Dobrich	1887
Gotse Delchev Synagogue	Gotse Delchev (town)	early 20th century
Silistra Synagogue	Silistra			preserved	https://www.google.com/maps/@44.121229,27.261459,3a,75y,142.36h,96.55t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sH67fU15hCf99tOHTqtQ99A!2e0?hl=bg
Yambol Synagogue (Bulgaria)	Yambol	1896		now used as George Papazov Art Gallery

External links

• Dimana Trankova, Anthony Georgieff, Guide to Jewish Bulgaria, Vagabond Media Sofia 2011

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. https://web.archive.org/web/20010628045159/http://heritage.hit.bg/. dead. 2001-06-28. Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. 2009-09-09.
2. Web site: About. Sofia Synagogue. 2009-09-09.
3. Web site: Еврейска синагога "Цион" - Пловдив. Pure Bulgaria. Bulgarian. 2009-09-09.
4. Web site: Synagogue of Philippopolis. ancient-stadium-plovdiv.eu. English. 2019-10-18.
5. Web site: Еврейската синагога. Видин онлайн — Информационният портал на Видин. Bulgarian. 2009-09-09.
6. Web site: Еврейски синагоги . Петров. Борислав. Varna.info.bg. Bulgarian. 2009-09-09.
7. News: Реставрират фасадата на Синагогата. Ингилизова. Йорданка. 2009-02-02. Фактор. Bulgarian. 2009-09-09.
8. News: Самоков: Еврейското наследство. 2008-10-29. Капитал. Bulgarian. 2009-09-09.
9. Web site: Синагога. Община Самоков. Bulgarian. 2009-09-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090709123550/http://www.samokov.bg/sinagoga.html. 2009-07-09.
10. Web site: The Big Synagogue in Pazardzhik. https://web.archive.org/web/20020414155748/http://heritage.hit.bg/Pazardzhik/Pazardzhik_e.html. dead. 2002-04-14. Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. 2009-09-09.
11. Web site: The Little Synagogue in Pazardzhik. pzdnes.com.
12. Web site: The Shoumen Synagogue. https://web.archive.org/web/20031207002019/http://www.heritage.hit.bg/Shumen/Shumen_e.html. dead. 2003-12-07. Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. 2009-09-09.