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Exterior with protrusion of ehal niche

37713 Interior of Ioannina Synagogue
The large marble ehal (ark) built against the interior east wall opened into a recess deeper than the wall thickness, which is expressed architecturally on the exterior as an apse. It is in this space that the sacred Torah scrolls are stored.

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