The Bobowa Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga w Bobowej) is a synagogue in Bobowa, Poland. It is one of the most important monuments in Judaism in Poland.
History The synagogue was built in 1756. In 1889, the synagogue burned down during a fire that damaged the city. The wooden section and roof were destroyed, while the brick interior survived. Immediately after, a decision was made to renovate the building, which gave it its present shape. Not oriented with an axis directed north-south, it consisted of a stone-built main hall, to which a wooden hall, preceded by a three-bay gallery, was later added, with a women's gallery on the first floor. Both parts form a rectangular block covered with a common, single-story hip roof.
Architecture The main prayer hall is rectangular in plan, measuring 14 x 12.5 meters, and is covered with a nine-field vault supported by four pillars, between which stands a wooden, two-entrance bema.
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