Italy / Liguria / Genoa

Jewish cemetery of Genoa

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish cemetery of Genoa

Piazzale Giovanni Battista Resasco, Genoa

Tel +39 010 557 6400

https://staglieno.comune.genova.it/

Historical description

Genoa

The Genoese Jewish presence seems to date back to at least the 6th century, when Theodoric authorized the community to renovate a synagogue there, which was destroyed during actions by hostile locals. This presence was very limited in the Middle Ages, Benjamin of ... Read more