Description
Gerush Synagogue
Geruş Synagogue was built in the early 16th century, II. It was built during the Selim period. Sultan Mehmet II, who was forced to emigrate from Spain at the end of the 15th century. The first convoys of Sephardic Jews accepted into the Ottoman Empire by Bayezid were settled in Bursa. In Hebrew, the word Gerush means "expelled, exiled." The floor of the transversely rectangular main space is covered with marble and the wooden seats are arranged in a circle around the walls and in the middle. The structure of the Geruş Synagogue, which has a Baghdadi dome and seats 100-150 people, is extremely solid and well-maintained.
Adres
Arap Şükrü Sk. Altıparmak, Osmangazi/Bursa

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