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THE MAP OF THE GHETTO

THE JEWISH MUSEUM

To get into the spirit of the Venetian‘s Jewish History, a visit to the Jewish Community Museum in Venice cannot be disregarded.There you will find precious handmade textiles, jewellery devoted to the religion and Synagogues, open to the public thanks to the guided visits departing from the museum.

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THE GHETTO

The ghetto and its treasures: walking down the heart of Venice, living the unforgettable experience of conversing between the town’s History and the Jewish culture.

The ghetto is the core of the Jewish Community in Venice, a place of experience and memories, past and present, dreams and magical reality.

The Jewish Community resided in Venice since year 1000, but it was during 1516 that the Doge confined them within the ancient foundry area, by S. Girolamo, a derelict site because of the risk of accidental fires.

The first Jewish Community that lived by the new foundry island, “geto novo” according to Venetian dialect, turned the name into “ghetto”, a guttural word.

Over the years Venice’s ghetto had become a lively shopping place, a philosophical and religious retreat.

German, French, Italian, Spanish and Levantine communities inhabited this town’s quarter. Any of them building, during XVI century, their own Synagogues (little masterpieces!) up to the decline of Venetian Republic in 1797.