Status Quo Ante Synagogue (Trnava)

Status Quo Ante Synagogue
Status Quo Ante Synagogue
Slovak: Synagóga status quo ante
	The former synagogue and memorial plaque
Religion
Affiliation	Status Quo (former)
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1890s–1940s); Profane use (1940s–2011); Arts center (since 2016);
Status	Inactive (as a synagogue);; Repurposed;
Location
Location	2 Halenárska Street, Trnava
Country	Slovakia
	Location of the former synagogue in Slovakia
Geographic coordinates	48°22′41″N 17°35′24″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Jakob Gartner
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Moorish Revival; Byzantine Revival;
Completed	1890s
Specifications
Dome(s)	Two
Materials	Brick
Website
	gjk.sk; (gallery website)

The Status Quo Ante Synagogue (Slovak: Synagóga status quo ante) is a former Status Quo Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Halenárska Street in Trnava, Slovakia. The building has been used as an arts center since 2016.

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History

Completed in either 1891 or 1897, the synagogue was designed by Jakob Gartner in the Moorish Revival and Byzantine Revival styles. In addition to the Status Quo synagogue, the city was also served by an Orthodox synagogue.^[2] The synagogue was devastated in World War II. The synagogue has subsequently been repurposed as a center of contemporary art, housing the Ján Koniarek gallery,^[3] and hosts a number of exhibitions and concerts.

Inside, apse and chapel are surrounded by a gallery for women, which is supported by cast iron columns with composite capitals. In the center of the chapel is a glass dome with its original design. Historically and to this day the synagogue is one of the most characteristic and most original buildings in the city. Its most characteristic features are the towers of spherical domes.

The synagogue is no longer active. In front of the building is a monument dedicated to the Jewish victims of World War II.