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Verona
The second largest city in the Veneto region in terms of economic activity, Verona is also known for its beautiful ancient cultural and religious buildings and its university. The first documents ...
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Treviso
Close to Venice, Treviso is a city known for its commercial activities and its agricultural production, especially in wine and horticulture. The documents that attest to the Jewish presence are ...
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Piove di Sacco
Piove di Sacco was built in Roman times and fortified in the Middle Ages. The Jewish presence is attested by documents dated from the end of the 14th century. They concern the arrival of Jews who ...
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Este
Este is a very old town, which served as a military base and was rebuilt around a castle following a destruction. It reached its peak during the Venetian era. Documents dating from 1389 attest to ...
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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 ...
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San Severino
San Severino is a Roman town with architectural traces of the different periods, especially the medieval and Renaissance ones. Administrative documents attest to a Jewish presence dating back to ...
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Recanati
Recanati is best known for being the birthplace of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, whose name is also very present on the monuments. In particular, Piazza Leopardi with its monument to the poet. The ...
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Osimo
The city of Osimo is a strategically important place and has been the victim of numerous conquests by regional powers over the years. This is evidenced by the very old buildings, churches and ...
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Monterubbiano
The town of Monterubbiano is situated at a high altitude and is very old, predating the Roman period. The medieval part of the town is still significant, as evidenced by its buildings, numerous ...
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Mondolfo
A medieval town, Mondolfo was famous for its castle built by the architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini, which was destroyed in the 19th century. The town was also an important economic and ...
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Mondavio
Mondavio is a very old town and was the main town of the diocese of Fano in the 14th century. Its castle, built at the end of the 15th century, testifies to Mondavio’s important place in ...
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Jesi
Jesi is an ancient Roman city, known for its medieval walled old town. Its squares, churches, and other buildings bear witness to the passage of time. The Jewish presence is mentioned in ...
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Fermo
Fermo is a very old city, built in pre-Roman times, probably 3000 years ago. Its many palaces, cultural and religious sites still bear witness to this antiquity. The first document mentioning the ...
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Castelleone di Suasa
Castelleone di Suasa, a very old town built on a hill with a Roman amphitheatre and many places of interest to archaeologists, welcomed Jews at the beginning of the 17th century. The main purpose ...
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Cagli
Cagli is also known for its theatre and, above all, its ancient printing works, one of the oldest in Italy, dating from 1475. The Jewish presence in Cagli dates back to the 14th century, as a ...
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Ascoli Piceno
The town still has many buildings showing architectural influences from many periods: Roman, medieval, renaissance, modern… The Jewish presence in Ascoli Piceno is attested since 1297 when ...
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Wintzenheim
The Jewish presence in Wintzenheim seems to be very old and important, the city having been the seat of a rabbinate since 1808. If we find traces of a synagogue in the 18th century, the one which ...
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Westhoffen
The Jewish presence in Westhoffen seems to be very old, as evidenced by the existence of a prayer room in the 17th century, probably dating from 1626. At that time, there were about 100 Jews in ...
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Soultz-sous-Forêts
The Jewish presence seems to be quite old. A synagogue welcomed the faithful in the 19th century. It was inaugurated in 1827 and restored in the 1860s. At that time, Soultz-sous-Forêts played an ...
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Saverne
The Jewish presence in Saverne seems to date from the 12th century. Nevertheless, its perpetuation dates rather from the 17th century. An oratory dating from this century would have been located ...
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Bischwiller
The Jewish presence in Bischwiller dates back at least to the 14th century, since during the persecutions of 1349, references to those committed in the town were found. As in many other towns in ...
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Mulhouse
The Jewish presence in Mulhouse is ancient, probably dating back to at least the 13th century, but following massacres and expulsions, it did not become permanent until the end of the 18th ...
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Sélestat
The Jewish presence in Sélestat seems to date from the 14th century, marked in particular by the presence of a synagogue on rue des Clefs. Destroyed in 1470, a building was acquired by the ...
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Schirmeck
In 1905, a wood merchant sold his land, on which a synagogue was built. At that time there were 36 Jews in Schirmeck, 23 in La Broque and 19 in Wisches. The synagogue allowed the Jewish ...
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Rosheim
The Jewish presence in Rosheim seems to have been quite limited in the Middle Ages, but it is attested from the beginning of the 13th century. Expulsions, wars, and famines prevented the ...