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Dambach-la-Ville

FranceAlsace

The Jewish community of Dambach-la-Ville dates back to the seventeenth century and so is the synagogue which was renovated in 1850. After the community disappeared, it was donated to ...

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Brumath

FranceAlsace

The first mention of a Jewish family in Brumath dates back to 1562. Documents from the end of the century mention the presence of a Jew named Susskind. In 1693, 4 Jewish families were registered ...

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Synagogue of Brumath

28 Rue du Général Rampont, Brumath Tel : + 33 6 09 90 23 59 http://judaisme.sdv.fr/synagog/basrhin/a-f/brumath/synagog.htm

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Benfeld

FranceAlsace

The Jewish presence in Benfeld dates back from the Roman Empire. During the Middle Ages, the community was lively and as important as the one in Strasbourg. The Jews were expelled from the city ...

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Barr

FranceAlsace

Banned from the communes attached to the bishopric of Strasbourg until the French Revolution, the Jews made a timid return to the region afterwards. Of the 800 Jews present in the surrounding ...

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Balbronn

FranceAlsace

The Jewish community of Balbronn is registered in the censuses of the city since 1665. Some medieval houses of the city center still bear the traces of mezuzot. is located 47-48 ...

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Pergola

ItalyThe Marches

Jews settled in Pergola in the thirteenth century. The building that housed the synagogue can still be seen on Via Don Minzoni, 9. A Jewish cemetery was identified on the road ...

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Macerata

ItalyThe Marches

There are little remaining traces of the Jewish presence in Macerata. You can nevertheless visit the   which contains archives mentioning the presence of a Jewish community in the city since ...

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Macerata Library

Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 62100 Macerata MC Tel: +39 0733 232965 Biblioteca Mozzi Borgetti • Macerata Musei

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Corridonia

ItalyThe Marches

Jews settled in Corridonia in 1436. The only remaining trace of this community is the ghetto entry gate located Via Antonio Mollari.

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Sabbioneta

ItalyLombardy

Sabbioneta is a special city: it was created in the sixteenth century by prince Vespasiano I Gonzaga Colonna according to the architectural principles of the Renaissance. In this ...

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Synagogue of Sabbioneta

Via Bernardino Campi, 1, 46018 Sabbioneta MN Tel +39 0375 221044 Sinagoga e quartiere ebraico

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Naples

ItalyCampania

Naples is known for Mount Vesuvius, the volcanic enthusiasm of its people, the pages of Elena Ferrante and more recently, the films of the great director Paolo Sorrentino. The Neapolitan Jewish ...

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Soragna

ItalyEmilia-Romagna

A Jewish community established itself in Soragna when Jews were expelled from Parma in 1555 and from Piacenza in 1570. In front of the city’s castle, one can find the oratory dating from ...

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Parma

ItalyEmilia-Romagna

A famous inspiration for Stendhal, Parma is a city with a wealth of cultural institutions: museums, theatres and concert halls. It was also the regional birthplace of Verdi, who is celebrated ...

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Cuneo Synagogue

Contrada Mondovì, 12100 Cuneo CN Tel +39 0171 690217 Sezioni – Torino Ebraica

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Oria

ItalyPuglia

One of Oria’s gates, (or Porta Taranto) leads to the old giudecca of the city. The gate dates from the fifteenth century and bears a bronze mezuzah. There are no traces left of the Jewish ...

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Manduria

ItalyPuglia

Historians believe – although the exact dates are still lacking – that there was a Jewish quarter in the small town of Manduria between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is ...

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Lecce

ItalyPuglia

Lecce had one of the most prominent Jewish settlements in the Neapolitan kingdom before the expulsion of the Jews. Though there is no evidence of a Jewish presence prior to the 15th century, ...

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Bari

ItalyPuglia

Unlike other cities in the region of Apulia, there are now very few traces of the Jewish presence in Bari, although we know that the community was very developed. The city was, in the 12th ...