The Venetian Ghetto was instituted on 29 March and is the oldest Jewish ghetto in the world. These names of the ghetto sections are misleading, as they refer to an older and newer site at the time of their use: in terms of Jewish residence, the Ghetto Nuovo is actually older than the Ghetto Vecchio.
The ghetto was connected to the rest of the city by two bridges that were only open during the day. Four of the five synagogues were clearly divided according to ethnic identity: separate synagogues existed for the German , Italian , Spanish and Portuguese and Levantine Sephardi communities.
The fifth, the Scuola Canton , ws built as a private synagogue for the four families, one of them the Fano family, who funded its construction, and also served the Venetian Ashkenazi community. Today, there are also other populations of Ashkenazic Jews in Venice, mainly Lubavitchers who operate a kosher food store, a yeshiva, and a Chabad synagogue.
In addition, Hebrew was traditionally and still is used on signage, inscriptions, and for official purposes such as wedding contracts as well as, of course, in religious services.
Today, English is widely used in the shops and the Museum because of the large number of English-speaking tourists. The tour is scheduled as follows:. We propose four different times for the start of the tour and organization of the visit:. Departure Guided tour synagogues Guided tour synagogues 12HH30 Arrive 15 minutes before — Tasting at 1.
Museum tour in autonomy — Guided tour synagogues 16HH30 — Tasting at 6pm. The tour is available all year round by reservation, at least hours in advance. It is not held on Saturdays and on Jewish holidays. On Fridays, afternoon activities may close early in view of the shabbat and the last visit to the synagogues is held at 2. The itinerary starts at the Jewish Museum, in Campo del Gheto Novo, where you can pick up your mini-guide. The Jewish museum has several stairways and unfortunately does not have a lift.
Therefore, the visit may not be very accessible for people with disabilities. We invite you to contact us for more information and directions for the tour. The Ghetto of Venice is located in the Cannaregio district, about 5 minutes walk from the Santa Lucia train station. Coming from the station you can access it by crossing Ponte delle Guglie and turning immediately left into Fondamenta San Giobbe.
That marked the establishment of the first Jewish ghetto in Europe, and the first ghetto in history to be called just that: ghetto, a word that would later become common throughout Europe. The Venice ghetto quickly became a crossroads between the East and West, where lively cultural exchanges took place, where liberal professions, printing presses and trade flourished.
Merchants, poets, rabbis, doctors and printers, Jews from all over the world resided in the ghetto, which, by the end of the 17 th century, numbered between 4, and 5, people.
With time, the original nucleus of the Ghetto Nuovo was enlarged with the addition of the Ghetto Vecchio, then the Ghetto Nuovissimo. As the Jewish community grew bigger but could not get out, buildings were raised to house more people, which is why its buildings are among the highest in Venice, up to floors, unlike the rest of Venice.
The th anniversary of the Venice ghetto marks five centuries of a history full of culture, characters, obstacles, creativity and achievements, which will be remembered with a series of events in Venice throughout the year, organized by the Venice Ghetto committee. For more information on the events scheduled for the th anniversary, visit Venice Ghetto To reach the Jewish Ghetto of Venice from the train station follow the route above, from the Lista di Spagna.
To reach the Venice Jewish Ghetto from the train station or Piazzale Roma with the boat you should take the line 4. To go on foot from St. Leonardo, turn right and follow the detailed landmarks. To get to the Ghetto of Venice by boat from both S. Mark's or Rialto you must take line 1 and get off at S. Leonardo and follow the signs. Inside the Jewish Ghetto of Venice were available in nine synagogues, which were also called Schole. Currently there are only 5, one for every Jewish confession.
In Campo del Ghetto Nuovo there is the entrance of the Jewish Museum of Venice , former Museum Vittorio Fano, since , which complies with the following opening hours: 10am-5,30pm closed on Saturdays and during Jewish holidays admission 8.
For guided tours of the synagogues of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice we must ask at the ticket desk of the museum, as are not allowed unaccompanied visits. The visit starts each hour from 10,30am, in summer the last tour starts at 5,30pm while for the rest of the year it starts at 3,30pm.
It was authorized by the Republic of Venice in the construction of a Jewish cemetery outside the city, in the island of Lido of Venice near St.
Nicholas, or S. The Italian tour in the Jewish cemetery is done every first, third, fifth Sunday of the month at The entire ticket costs 8.
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