List of synagogues in Bulgaria

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

Name  | Location  | Built  | Architectural style[1] | Status  | Image  | Reference

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Sofia Synagogue | Sofia | 1909  | Moorish Revival | functioning  |  | [2]
Plovdiv Synagogue (Zion)  | Plovdiv | 1887  |  | functioning  |  | [3]
Synagogue of Philippopolis | 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  |  | [6]
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  | [1], בית_הכנסת_בשומן [he] | [12]
Dobrich Synagogue | Dobrich | 1887  |  |  |  |
Gotse Delchev Synagogue | Gotse Delchev (town) | early 20th century  |  |  |  |
Silistra Synagogue | Silistra |  |  | preserved  | [2] |
Yambol Synagogue (Bulgaria) | Yambol | 1896  |  | now used as George Papazov Art Gallery  |  | בית_הכנסת_בימבול [he]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

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## References

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1. ^ "Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 2001-06-28. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
2. ^ "About". Sofia Synagogue. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
3. ^ "Еврейска синагога "Цион" - Пловдив" (in Bulgarian). Pure Bulgaria. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
4. ^ "Synagogue of Philippopolis". ancient-stadium-plovdiv.eu. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
5. ^ "Еврейската синагога" (in Bulgarian). Видин онлайн — Информационният портал на Видин. Retrieved 2009-09-09.[permanent dead link]
6. ^ a b Петров, Борислав. "Еврейски синагоги" (in Bulgarian). Varna.info.bg. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
7. ^ Ингилизова, Йорданка (2009-02-02). "Реставрират фасадата на Синагогата" (in Bulgarian). Фактор. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
8. ^ "Самоков: Еврейското наследство" (in Bulgarian). Капитал. 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
9. ^ "Синагога" (in Bulgarian). Община Самоков. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
10. ^ "The Big Synagogue in Pazardzhik". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 2002-04-14. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
11. ^ "The Little Synagogue in Pazardzhik". pzdnes.com.
12. ^ "The Shoumen Synagogue". Jewish Heritage in Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 2003-12-07. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

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