Trakai Kenesa

Trakai Kenesa
The former synagogue in 2010
Religion
Affiliation	Karaite Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (c. 1800– ) Jewish museum (since )
Status	Inactive (as a synagogue); Repurposed
Location
Location	30 Karaimų Street, Trakai, Vilnius County
Country	Lithuania
Location of the former synagogue in Lithuania
Geographic coordinates	54°38′52″N 24°55′58″E
Architecture
Type	Wooden synagogue
Style	Baroque Revival
Completed	c. 1800
Materials	Timber

The Trakai Kenesa is a former Qaraite Jewish congregation and synagogue, or kenesa, located at 30 Karaimų Street, in Trakai, in the Vilnius County of Lithuania.

Designed in the Baroque Revival style, the wooden synagogue was completed in c. 1800, restored in the 1890s. Built on a rectangular plan and covered with a hipped roof with a small annex, the synagogue was larger than the surrounding houses. The building is a rare example of one of the surviving kenesas of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The building now operates as a Jewish museum.

See also

• History of the Jews in Lithuania
• Lithuanian Jews

Further reading

• Kobeckaite, H. (2019). The temples of Lithuanian Karaims – kenesas (in Lithuanian). Translated by Monika Matulevičiūtė. Vilnius.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Media related to Karaite synagogue in Trakai at Wikimedia Commons