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Palazzo degli Ebrei

Practical info

Type of location: monument

Palazzo degli Ebrei

Historical description

Urbania

A relatively new town for the region, Urbania was built under the name of Casteldurante in the Middle Ages and then adopted its present name in memory of Pope Urban VIII. Documents dating from 1437 attest to the Jewish presence in the town. Although the Jews were ... Read more