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In a former matzoh oven, this charming synagogue is home to the furnishings of the baroque synaogue of Cheri, Italy.

The Great Synagogue of Turin was inaugurated in 1884. In 1942, during World War II, the building was bombed. Reconstruction was completed in 1949.

In 1972, beneath the main sanctuary (Tempio Grande) rooms that had previously been used to bake matzos were remodeled to provide this smaller sanctuary known as the Tempietto Piccolo. This charming synagogue beneath a synagogue is in the typical pre-emancipation floorplan of an amphitheatre. It has handsome brick walls and vaulted ceilings set off by splendid furnishings that came from the baroque synagogue of Chieri, Italy. The baroque Tevah is decorated in azure lacquer and gold. The Aron Kodesh is also of the Piedmontese baroque style.