[3] When the previous synagogue on the Rue Grignan was in disrepair and too small, a campaign began in 1855 to raise money for a new site.

[4] The synagogue takes the basilica form more commonly associated with ancient Greece and Rome, and churches.

A pulpit and an organ – both also associated more with Christian buildings than Jewish ones – feature inside, and the mix of Western and Oriental designs was chosen to reflect the diversity of the worshippers.

[5] Then Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visited the synagogue in January 2016, in solidarity with a local teacher who was attacked by a teenage Islamic State sympathiser.

[6] In September 2018, former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy spoke at the synagogue to denounce antisemitism.