Former Bootmaker Synagogue and Dr. Leon Ghelerter Hospital RO FR IT The Synagogue of Cismari was a Jewish religious house, in a building from the 19thcentury. In that time, many synagogues and houses of prayer were placed in normal buildings, due to the rapid growth of the ...

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Former Jewish Hospital – “Princess Elena” Hospital RO FR IT The trusteeship (administration) of the Israeli Hospital, founded in 1827, bought from the headman Mihalache Cantacuzino, in 1841, an abandoned inn on the White street, the current Elena Doamna ...

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Jewish Community Centre RO FR IT The Jewish community, initially known as the “Jewish guild” (breasla jidovească), had the role of organizing the spiritual and economical life of its members. This also had a political role, the guild being the ...

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Merarilor Synagogue RO FR IT The Jewish places of worship were organized on professional criteria, each synagogue taking the name of a guild. The same was for the “Merarilor” Synagogue on Elena Doamna Street in Târgu Cucului, where apple ...

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Grand Synagogue RO FR IT In the 1930s, Iași was home to over 100 Jewish houses of prayer or synagogues. Today there are only two of them still open. Most of the synagogues were arranged in simple houses, without a special architecture, ...

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Târgu Cucului Neighbourhood RO FR IT Five streets coming from different parts of the city, meet in Târgu Cucului: Cuza Vodă, Costache Negri, Elena Doamna, Cucu and ...

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Former “Green Tree” Jewish Theatre RO FR IT The first Jewish theatre in the world was founded in Iași, in the summer of ...

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Cuza Vodă Street RO FR IT From the Union Square, in the heart of the city, towards Târgu Cucu, once the soul of the Jewish community, our steps take us through the ancient “Golia Street”, today Cuza Vodă ...

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Former Police Station RO FR IT The most tragic event in the history of the Jewish community in Iasi was the June 1941 Pogrom, which took place in the Police ...

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Alexandru Lăpușneanu Street RO FR IT The street got its name from Voivode Alexandru Lăpușneanu, the one who moved Moldavia’s capital form Suceava to Iași in ...

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Iași Train Station RO FR IT The Iași Train Station was built in 1870 in a swampy area in the Bahlui River plain. The Venetian–Gothic aspect, with the sculpted loggia on the first floor, is inspired by the Doge’s Palace in Venice. ...

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