"Kiskunhalas Synagogue (Kiskunhalas, Petőfi u. 1.): The congregation developed at the beginning of the 19th century, and the late neoclassical/early romantic synagogue was built between 1857 and 1860. The facade with the entrance is from the garden on the western side. It has an open porch with four columns and a double cornice above, surmounted by a tympanum. On the facade there is a Hebrew inscription meaning “This is the gate of the everlasting”. Next to the central door leading to the ground floor of the synagogue there are memorial plaques in honour of the martyrs from the congregation who died. The bimah, the elevated platform for reading the Torah, is in the centre of the interior and has beautifully carved railings and a tall white column at each corner. There are pairs of columns on each side of the Torah ark with a circular window above. Painting imitating a baldachin unites the decoration of the main wall."