Photographer’s Note
This is another yet more dramatic view of the this magnificient building. You can see the state it is now and with time this Jewish synagogue is going to fall apart beyon recognition. I have been inside snuk up through the weeds and the locked gate (we have our ways)...there is such an amasing feeling of symetry all around. There used to be very pretty stained glass windows and the most astonishing of acoustics!The municipality of Vidin seems not interested in the restoration and the preservation of this valuable piece of artefact. There used to be a Jewish community in town (I don't know what happened now) and Bulgaria was one of the very few countires which protected the Jews on its teritory during II WW. Can we save this piece of themed architecture before it's turned into rubble?? Email me if you have any idea how we can stop this from happening, please.
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Jazator
(900) 2005-03-21 7:17
Нужно было дать больше свободного пространства, зданию очень "тесно" в рамках кадра.
KevRyan
(22346) 2005-04-07 3:16
A beautiful building and I like your point(s) of view upon it - how about an international photography centre! It could house a gallery perhaps, run courses, offer some basic accomodation, be a player in the world of virtual photography communities on-line and preserve the beauty and symetry of the building. At the moment property and the exchange is so cheap with western Europe there must be some crazy entrepeneurial photographer with an interest. I have a friend who has just bought a house in Bulgaria to act as a kind of creative and family retreat - I must find out if it is near Vidin!
Perhaps there are Jewish organisations that may have an interest?
Love your feelings for the building.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Lilia Borissova (lilushani)
(129) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-03-15
- Categories: Architecture
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): Synagogues [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2005-03-21 5:24
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by lilushani, last updated 04-09 08:16








