Kadoorie Synagogue
| Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue | |
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Portuguese: Sinagoga Kadoorie Mekor Haim | |
The façade of the synagogue, along the Rua Guerra Junqueiro, in 2017 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Sefard |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
| Governing body | Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 340 Guerra Junqueiro Street, Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, Porto, Norte Region |
| Country | Portugal |
| Coordinates | 41°9′21.38″N 8°38′12.9″W / 41.1559389°N 8.636917°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architects |
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| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Art Deco |
| Founder | Captain Artur Barros Basto |
| General contractor | Pereira de Campos |
| Established | 1923 (as a congregation |
| Groundbreaking | 1929 |
| Completed | 1938 |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | West |
| Capacity | 350 seats |
| Materials | Brick, azulejo, wood, concrete |
| Website | |
| comunidade-israelita-porto | |
The Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue (Portuguese: Sinagoga Kadoorie Mekor Haim), also the Porto Synagogue (Portuguese: Sinagoga do Porto), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 340 Guerra Junqueiro Street, in the civil parish of Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, the municipality of Porto, in the northern region of Portugal. Mekor haim is Hebrew for 'source of life'.
The synagogue was completed in 1938 in the Art Deco style, and is the largest synagogue in the Iberian Peninsula.