Subotica Synagogue

{{Short description|Former synagogue in Subotica, Serbia}}

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| building_name = Subotica Synagogue
{{small|Jakab and Komor Square Synagogue in Subotica}}

| native_name = {{ubl|{{langx|sr-Cyrl|Синагога на тргу Јакаба и Комора, Суботица}}|{{langx|hu|Jakab és Komor téri zsinagóga, Szabadka}}}}

| image = Synagogue in Subotica.jpg

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| caption = The former synagogue in 2020, after renovation

| map_type = Serbia

| map_size = 250

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| map_caption = Location of the former synagogue Serbia

| location = Jakab and Komor Square, Subotica-Szabadka

| country = Serbia

| coordinates = {{coord|46|06|13|N|19|40|04|E|type:landmark_source:kolossus-frwiki|display=title,inline}}

| religious_affiliation = Neolog Judaism {{small|(former)}}

| rite = Nusach Ashkenaz

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| status = Synagogue {{small|(1903–1976)}}

| functional_status = Closed

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| architect = {{ubl|Marcell Komor|Dezső Jakab}}

| architecture_type = Synagogue architecture

| architecture_style = Hungarian Art Nouveau

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| established = {{circa|1890s}} {{small|(as a congregation)}}

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| year_completed = 1903

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| dome_height_inner = {{cvt|23|m|ft}}

| dome_dia_outer = {{cvt|12.6|m|ft}}

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| designation1 = Serbian

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| designation1_type = Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance

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| designation1_date = 1975

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| designation1_number = [http://spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=680 СК 1035]

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| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.wmf.org/project/subotica-synagogue |title=Subotica Synagogue |work=World Monuments Watch |publisher=World Monuments Fund |date=May 2021 |access-date=23 March 2024 }}{{Cite web |title=Subotica Synagogue |url=https://srbija-projektieu.rs/en/subotica-synagogue/ |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=srbija-projektieu.rs |date= }}

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The Subotica Synagogue, officially the Jakab and Komor Square Synagogue in Subotica ({{langx|sr-Cyrl|Синагога на тргу Јакаба и Комора, Суботица}}; {{langx|hu|Jakab és Komor téri zsinagóga, Szabadka}}), is a former Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Subotica, Serbia.

Completed in 1903 in the Hungarian Art Nouveau style, the synagogue is the second largest synagogue in Europe after the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest.{{Verify credibility|date=April 2025}}{{Cite web |lang=sr |url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/druga-najveca-sinagoga-u-evropi-nalazi-se-u-srbiji-i-konacno-ce-biti-obnovljena/vt80ryv |title=Druga najveća sinagoga u Evropi nalazi se u Srbiji i KONAČNO će biti obnovljena |date=9 March 2017 }}{{Verify credibility|date=April 2025}}{{cite book |author=Subotić, Jelena |author-link=Jelena Subotić |date=2019 |title=Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism |page=222 |url= |location=Ithaca, NY & London |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-4240-8}} The synagogue was built during the administration of the Kingdom of Hungary (part of Austria-Hungary), according to the plans of Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab, and replaced a smaller and less elaborate synagogue. It is one of the finest surviving pieces of religious architecture in the art nouveau style.{{cite web |url=http://www.duke.edu/religion/graphic/subotica.html |title=Subotica |publisher=Duke University |date= |access-date=2008-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514013503/http://www.duke.edu/religion/graphic/subotica.html |archive-date=2008-05-14 }}

The former synagogue was designated a Monument of Culture in 1974; in 1990 it was designated a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia. After a long period of neglect, the former synagogue was renovated and reopened as a concert venue in 2018.