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"The synagogue is at the center of Jewish communal life. The original Gwoździec wooden synagogue was built around 1650. Its interior, which was covered with hand-painted prayer texts, zodiac signs, animals, and flowers, was renovated in 1729. The central bimah, the platform from which the public reading of the Torah scroll takes place is typical of Polish synagogues. This synagogue was destroyed around 1914, but in 2011 and 2012, a team of 300 volunteers and experts, led by Handshouse Studio, reconstructed the roof and magnificent painted ceiling using traditional materials and tools. There were once more than 150 wooden synagogues in the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. None of them have survived." (virtualtour.polin.pl )

Description
"The synagogue is at the center of Jewish communal life. The original Gwoździec wooden synagogue was built around 1650. Its interior, which was covered with hand-painted prayer texts, zodiac signs, animals, and flowers, was renovated in 1729. The central bimah, the platform from which the public reading of the Torah scroll takes place is typical of Polish synagogues. This synagogue was destroyed around 1914, but in 2011 and 2012, a team of 300 volunteers and experts, led by Handshouse Studio, reconstructed the roof and magnificent painted ceiling using traditional materials and tools. There were once more than 150 wooden synagogues in the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. None of them have survived." (virtualtour.polin.pl )