| Il Kal Grande Il Kal Grandi | |
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| Religion | |
| Status | Bosnian Cultural Center |
| Location | |
| Location | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Geographic coordinates | 43°51′26″N 18°25′19″E / 43.85720171284883°N 18.422037471148602°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Rudolf Lubinski |
| Style | Moorish Revival |
| Completed | 1930 |
| Designated as NHL | |
| Official name | Il Kal Grande, the historic monument |
| Type | Category II cultural property |
| List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Il Kal Grande, also spelled Il Kal Grandi (Judaeo-Spanish: The Great Synagogue) was the place of worship of the Sephardi community in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The large synagogue was constructed in the Moorish Revival style in 1930, by a design of the architect Rudolf Lubinski. It was acknowledged as the largest and most ornate synagogue in the Balkans. It was heavily damaged by the Nazis in 1941 during World War II, and the majority of the Jewish community was murdered in the Holocaust.
After the war, all the Jews of Sarajevo used the synagogue of the Ashkenazi community.
The exterior of "Il Kal Grande" was restored in a simplified secular form in 1965, and the former dome was replaced with a flat roof. The building was initially used as the Đuro Đaković Workers' University Center and currently as the Bosnian Cultural Center.
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