Affiliation Orthodox Judaism Completed 1724 Phone +350 200 78069 | Status Active synagogue Opened 1724 | |
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Location 47/49 Engineer Lane
Gibraltar Address Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar Similar St Andrew's Church, Gibraltar City Hall, Gibraltar Methodist Church, Shrine of Our Lady of Europe, Cathedral of St Mary the Crow | ||
The Great Synagogue of Gibraltar, also known as Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar HaShamayim (Hebrew: קהל קדוש שער השמיים), is located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, and was the first synagogue on the Iberian Peninsula to operate since the expulsions from Spain and Portugal in 1492 and 1497 respectively.
History
Sha'ar HaShamayim Synagogue was founded in 1724 by Isaac Nieto from London. It was inaugurated in 1724 on a plot of land granted to the Jews by the then Governor of Gibraltar, Richard Kane. Having been rebuilt several times, the present building largely dates from 1812 and shares features in common with the parent Spanish and Portuguese Amsterdam Esnoga (1675) and Bevis Marks Synagogue (1701). The facade of the two-and-a-half-story, domestic-scale building features round-arched windows flanking a round-arched doorway.