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New Synagogue, Žilina

Žilina, Italy

New Synagogue, Žilina

The New Synagogue (Slovak: Nová Synagóga), sometimes referred to as the Neological Synagogue (Slovak: Neologická synagóga) or Neolog Synagogue (Slovak: Synagóga Neológov), is a former Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Žilina, Slovakia. Completed in 1931 to the designs of the Germa

n Modernist architect Peter Behrens, it was completed eight years before World War II, which almost obliterated the Jewish population of Slovakia, and it has been called "the last Slovak synagogue". Having been used for other purposes after World War II, it was restored between 2011 and 2017 to become an arts center.

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