Central Synagogue of Aleppo

Central Synagogue of Aleppo - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Central Synagogue of Aleppo, (, ), also known as the Great Synagogue of Aleppo, Joab's Synagogue or Al-Bandara Synagogue (), has been a Jewish place of worship since the 5th century C.E. in Aleppo. When it functioned, it was considered the main synagogue of the Syrian Jewish community. The synagogue is noted as being the location where the Aleppo codex was housed for over five hundred years until it was removed during the 1947 Aleppo pogrom, during which the synagogue was burned. The synagogue still stands but is in a ruined state. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: as early as the 9th century

Source: en.wikipedia.org