re: #101 CuriousLurker

The Neue Synagogue is gorgeous. Here’s a nice shot of some of the dome details. I googled for photos of the interior, but couldn’t find anything besides the entrance. I did find this other one though, Synagoge Rykestrae (more Google images here). Wow, just wow. The blue domed sky part (I have no idea what you call it), took my breath away.

Heh, the funny thing is they feel strangely familiar—very similar to mosques in many ways.

I have been fortunate enough to visit twice, and it is indeed magnificent inside and out. It was very much part of the architectural Moorish Revival in Europe during the second half of the 19th century, which accounts for the more than passing resemblance to a Mosque.

I am about to post a page on the story I posted above, but too lazy to scan my own pics to include. No loss, they were taken in 1990 before the serious restoration work anyway.