Synagogue in Břeclav, Romanesque Revival synagogue in Břeclav, Czech Republic

The Synagogue in Břeclav displays Romanesque Revival design with careful attention to architectural elements throughout. A stone tablets feature with flanking turrets adorns the north-west wall, while a circular motif crowns the central gable of the roof.

Construction took place in 1868 with backing from the local Jewish mayor David Kuffner at the time. The new building replaced an earlier stone structure that had stood on the site from the late 1600s.

The permanent exhibition "Jewish Břeclav" on the women's gallery uses 12 panels of photographs and documents to recall Jewish monuments in Břeclav, Lednice and Podivín. The former Jewish school beside the synagogue now houses the Liechtenstein House with an exhibition on the Liechtenstein family.

The hall seated more than 400 people when it opened in 1868. The building now serves as the town museum and gallery, with the permanent exhibition "Jewish Břeclav" on the women's gallery upstairs, reached by two staircases with their own entrances.

Ten slender columns with Doric capitals support the staircase that leads up to the women's gallery. The gallery had its own separate side entrances, following the practice common in synagogues of that period.