The urban buzz is especially strong in downtown Pest’s District VII, home of the now-world-famous "ruin pub" along with offbeat design stores, specialty street food, and modern-art galleries – but this area is also revered as Budapest’s historic Jewish Quarter, featuring Europe’s biggest synagogue.
With uniquely ornate Moorish Revival architecture featuring two 43-meter-tall towers topped by onion domes, the Dohány Street Synagogue is the grandest gateway to Budapest’s Jewish Quarter, serving the community as an active Judaic temple and providing a home to the Hungarian Jewish Museum. The synagogue is rich with history, and continually stands as a significant symbol for Budapest’s Jewish community in both bright and dark times.
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