Voupa
Encyclopedia
Voupa is a town near Bialystok
, Poland
, now in Western Belarus
.
It was noted for the Wolpa Synagogue
, reputed to be the "most beautiful" of the Wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe
, a "masterwork" of wooden architecture.
Bialystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Located on the Podlaskie Plain on the banks of the Biała River, Białystok ranks second in terms of population density, eleventh in population, and thirteenth in area, of the cities of Poland...
, Poland
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
, now in Western Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
.
Wolpa Synagogue
The Wołpa Synagogue was a Synagogue in the town of Wołpa near Bialystok, Poland, now in Western Belarus...
, reputed to be the "most beautiful" of the Wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe
Wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe
Wooden synagogues are an original style of Synagogue architecture that developed in the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.- Uniqueness as an artistic and architectural form :...
, a "masterwork" of wooden architecture.