Practical info

Type of location: Synagogue

Scuola Greca Synagogue of Corfu

Velissariou 24, 49100 Corfu

Historical description

Corfu

In the late twelfth century, Jewish traveler Benjamin de Tudela encountered a lone Jew on Corfu. Three centuries later, however, Jews had become so numerous here that the Venetians, then in control of this much-coveted, strategically important Adriatic island, had ... Read more