The Neolog Synagogue of Cluj-Napoca was designed by an engineer, Izidor Hegner, in the Moorish Revival style. The congregation was established in 1849. Groundbreaking was in 1886 and the brick building was completed in 1887. It has four domes, though the article says there may be more.
On September 13, 1927 the Iron Guard attacked it, and the Romanian government rebuilt it. After the Second Vienna Award returned Northern Transylvania to Hungary, Jews from the area were deported to Nazi extermination camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau. The synagogue was put to profane use during the Second World War. The bombing of the nearby railway station on June 2, 1944 damaged it.
It was restored in 1951 and rededicated to the memory of the deported Jews. Further restoration began in 2018, with plans for a Jewish social and cultural center. It is an active synagogue of the Nusach Ashkenaz rite.
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