{"id":1294,"date":"2018-06-24T10:10:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T08:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/?post_type=listing&#038;p=1294"},"modified":"2025-11-22T20:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:57:03","slug":"tempio-maggiore","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/listing\/tempio-maggiore\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempio Maggiore &#8211; The Great Synagogue of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cl\">\n<p>The imposing building of Tempio Maggiore (The Great Synagogue of Rome) stands on one of the four large blocks put up after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/listing\/ghetto-of-rome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ghetto<\/a> had been demolished.<\/p>\n<p>Its monumental proportions symbolize the new-found freedom and citizenship rights granted to the Roman Jewish community that had been living in the city for twenty-two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The building was designed by Vincenzo Costa and Osvaldo Armanni, and inaugurated in 1904. Their choices in style led to an eclectic architecture, with Greek-inspired elements that were felt to be in keeping with the shape of the main local monuments, a style influenced by Assyrian-Babylonian motifs.<\/p>\n<p>The building has a Greek cross plan with a segmented dome above, clearly visible in every panoramic view of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, long rows of pews face the polygonal apse at the end of the hall where a ceremonial raised space enclosed by a balustrade connects the <em>tevah<\/em> to the <em>aron<\/em>. The <em>aron<\/em> stands out against a splendid polychrome background with its imposing aedicule structure, with white Assyrian-style columns, friezes and gilded volutes, and the high tympanum culminating with the Tables of the Law.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s galleries overlook three sides of the hall, and are supported by rows of columns and framed by four large central pillars holding the dome up.<\/p>\n<p>Fine marble furnishings from Cinque Scole (demolished in 1908) are at the top-end of the side aisles in the Temple and in other interior spaces of the complex. The pieces date from the 16<sup>th<\/sup> -17<sup>th<\/sup> centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mpfy-p-entry\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Largo Stefano Gaj Tach\u00e9 \u2013 00186 Rome<br \/>\nGuided visit included in the entrance ticket to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/listing\/jewish-museum-of-rome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish Museum of Rome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","listing-category":[6],"list-tags":[],"location":[187,49],"acf":[],"cubewp_post_meta":[],"taxonomies":["Synagogue","Lazio","Rome","Optional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/1294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"listing-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing-category?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"list-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/list-tags?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}