Ashkenazi Synagogue

The Ashkenazi Synagogue in Sarajevo is the only active synagogue in the city and one of the most important examples of pseudo-Moorish architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was built in 1902 for the Ashkenazi Jewish community, which arrived in Sarajevo in larger numbers after the Austro-Hungarian occupation of BiH. It was designed by the renowned Sarajevo architect Karlo Paržik, modeled after the temple in Budapest.

Construction was led by Ludwig Jungwirth, and the interior finishing and painting were done by master Ludwig Oisner. It is located on the left bank of the Miljacka, between the Drvenija and Ćumurija bridges, at Hamdije Kreševljakovića 59. The building is a three-nave hall structure with towers at the four corners covered by segmented domes and rich pseudo-Moorish facade decoration. After the Second World War, it remained the only active Jewish temple in Sarajevo. It was declared a national monument of BiH in 2006.