Belarus / Polish Border / Grodno

Grand Synagogue of Grodno

Practical info

Type of location: Synagogue

Grand Synagogue of Grodno

Vialikaja Trajeckaja vulica, Grodno, Belarus

Tel +375 152 74-32-70

Jewish Community of Grodno (jewishgrodno.com)

Historical description

Grodno

Grodno, seat of a Catholic bishopric, was once a major city within the Polish-Lithuanian Union, as evidenced by Farny, the beautiful Baroque Jesuit church that towers over Sovietskaya Square. Jews began settling here in the fourteenth century: they were permitted ... Read more