Italy / Campania / Benevento

Cemetery of Benevento

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Cemetery of Benevento

Via del Cimitero, 82100 Benevento

Historical description

Benevento

It seems that the Jewish presence in Benevento dates back to at least the 5th century. A yeshiva was established there in the 11th century by Hananeel ben Paltiel, a member of the family of the liturgical poet Ahimaatz ben Paltiel. Benjamin of Tudela noted there ... Read more