Great Choral Synagogue (Riga)

The Great Choral Synagogue (Latvian: Rīgas Horālā sinagoga; Hebrew: בית הכנסת כורל של ריגה) was a Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located on Gogoļa iela (Gogol Street), in the Latgale neighborhood of Riga, Latvia.

Designed by Paul von Hardenack in predominately Renaissance Revival style, the synagogue was completed in 1871.

[5] Andrew Ezergailis does not find it credible that Jews were locked in the Great Choral Synagogue before it was set on fire.

"[3] After the war, the remains of the burnt-out synagogue were demolished by Soviet authorities and the area was turned into a public square, with the first commemorative stone marking a Star of David being placed at the location only in 1988.

After the restoration of Latvia's independence, a memorial designed by Latvian architect Sergejs Rižs in the shape of the synagogue walls with built-in archaeological remains of the original building found at the site, was erected on the grounds in 1993.