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The Great Synagogue of Budapest (Dohány Street Synagogue) is the largest synagogue in Europe. The synagogue was designed by Ludwig von Forster and inaugurated in 1859.
Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl, whose house was next to the synagogue, celebrated his bar mitzvah there.

The synagogue was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

Interior of the synagogue Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

A sign inside the synagogue shows a photograph from 1870, and Herzl’s house next to it:
[Photo of the synagogue in 1870]
Gévay Béla epylete, 1870/Photographer: Béla Gevay, 1870

Gévay Béla epylete, 1870/Photographer: Béla Gevay, 1870
Budapesti Történeti Múzeum / Budapest History Museum

A Dohány utca eleje a zsinagógával. Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, was born in 1860 in the house on the left.

The Dohány street with the synagogue and the house where Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, was born in 1860 on the left.
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There is also a relief of Herzl’s head in the synagogue:
CSILLAG
1944

DR-HERZL TIVADAR
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Translation of the text on the sign:
And they made me a sanctuary, and I dwelt among them.