NOW LET’S BEGIN IN FRONT OF THE CHORAL TEMPLE at 9-11 Strada Sfanta Vineri.This is a classic Moorish style synagogue—and it is very much an adaptation of the Tempelgasse synagogue in Vienna, which was destroyed on Reichspogrommnacht, Kristallnacht in 1938.The building before you stands tall and narrow, you see two colors of brick, beige and brown, four elegant and purely decorative turrets, and a remarkable amount of filagree and design that surround a crenelated arched entrance.Once you’re inside, you’ll find a single central aisle stretching forty rows under a barrel vaulted ceiling, with Escher-like geometric figures painted into it. Narrow pillars line the sanctuary and support two women’s balconies, while elegant chandeliers light the room.And you will notice that everything is painted various shades of yellow, bronze, gold, beige and brown, which gives the impression of warmth. Which it needs since, like most of the grand synagogues built in the middle 1800s, it isn’t heated.As for its history: construction started in 1864, and just as it was nearing completion two years later, an antisemitic mob ransacked the synagogue, putting back its opening until 1867.The Choral Temple would suffer lot more in the decades to come—from pogroms to earthquakes.But in recent years it has been lovingly and professionally restored and is well worth your time to visit, so just stroll through the synagogue and admire the building and the brass Judaica.When you’re done, click here and let’s take a walk—follow your app—we’re going to see what is known as the Sinagoge Mare, the great synagogue.