The first synagogue, on this site, was completed in 1861 and was destroyed by fire during the Paris Commune of 1871.

[3] Principally designed by Marcellin Varcollier, the internal visible metallic framework was created by Gustave Eiffel.

[4][5][6] The original congregation was mostly French Jews from the Alsace and Lorraine regions of eastern France.

[4] This synagogue was listed as an historical monument of France on 29 December 1987;[citation needed] and was included in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture.

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