Site
Cathedral of Catania
Piazza del Duomo, 95100 Catania CT Tel +39 339 485 9942 Home | Basilica Cattedrale S.Agata V.M. di Catania (cattedralecatania.it)
Location
Palermo
The Jewish presence in Palermo dates back to Roman times. Documents found in the Genizah of Cairo attest to their presence in the Middle Ages. Some of them arrived as slaves during the period of ...
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Catania
The Jewish presence in Catania seems to date from at least the 4th century, as attested by a tomb from 383. During the Middle Ages, there were two Jewish quarters in the city, each with a ...
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Sicily
The Jewish presence in Sicily seems to date back at least two thousand years. Some archaeological traces and the lives of personalities of the time, such as the historian Caecilius of Calacte, ...
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Syracuse
There is proof of a Jewish community in the Middle Ages in Sicily, particularly in the towns of Palermo, Messina, Taormina and Syracuse. This prosperous community was mainly in activities of ...
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Southern Italy
The communities of the southern peninsula were the wealthiest and best integrated in all of Italy during the Middle Ages. This was particularly true of Sicily, where more than 37,000 Jews lived, ...
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The Marches
The presence of Jews in the Marches dates from as early as the twelfth century. The community developed especially after the expulsion of Jews from Spain, Sicily, and the Kingdom of Naples. There ...