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Sabbioneta
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 “ideal city”, a Jewish ghetto was included. In 1551, Tobias Foa opened an Hebrew printing house in Sabbioneta. Although the community was described as “lively” in the nineteenth century, there ...
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Synagogue of Sabbioneta
Via Bernardino Campi, 1, 46018 Sabbioneta MN Tel +39 0375 221044 https://www.turismosabbioneta.org/it/
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Naples
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 presence dates back to at least the first century, as mentioned in the texts of Flavius Joseph. As archaeological finds from 1908 attest, Jewish life in the 4th century was significant. Graves from this ...
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Synagogue and Jewish community of Naples
Via Cappella Vecchia 31 – Naples +39.081.7643480 http://www.napoliebraica.it/
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Soragna
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 1584, since then transformed into a synagogue and Jewish museum. You’ll find there a great collection of crafted objects, as well as documents retracing Jewish life in this region since the ...
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Fausto Levi Museum in Soragna
Via Cavour, 43 – 43019 Soragna +39.0524.599399 http://www.museoebraicosoragna.net/
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Parma
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 here every year at a festival. And, of course, Parma is also famous for all the culinary specialities that go with its name. History of Parma’s Jews The Jewish presence in Parma probably dates back ...
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Synagogue of Parma
Vicolo Cervi 4 – Parma +39.0521.200243
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Cuneo Synagogue
Contrada Mondovì, 12100 Cuneo CN Tel +39 0171 690217
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Otranto Cathedral
Piazza Basilica, 1, 73028 Otranto +39 0836 801437
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Oria
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 community in Oria, but a stroll in Santa Giudea little streets, the old Jewish neighborhood, will let you see the medieval architecture of what was once one of the biggest giudecca in Italy. The site ...
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Manduria
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 likely that, the Jewish community of Naples found refuge there after its expulsion from the kingdom. The giudecca was not separated from the rest of the city by walls, until the expulsion of 1510. At ...
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Manduria Synagogue
Vico degli ebrei n. 8, 74024 Manduria TA, Italie +39 335 843 1214
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Lecce
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, there are traces its existence Lecce at the time of the Normans (G. T. Tanzi, “Gli Statuti della Città di Lecce,” p. 19, Lecce, 1898). Their occupations were mostly textile dyeing (silk and wool), ...
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Bari
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 century, a recognized center of Talmudic studies. The which housed the place of worship of the community – now renamed Via Sabino attests of the importance of the Jewish life in Bari. In the of the ...
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Puglia
Thanks to its geographic position and the presence of Brindisi, Otranto, Bari, Trani and Barletta ports, Apulia has been a transit point for many Jewish exiles -most heading to Israel. This crossing point therefore made of Puglia a privileged region for the Western Europe diaspora. The first evocation of a Jewish presence in Puglia was written by Rabbi Akiva (17-137): en route from Jerusalem ...
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Rakovnik
Rakovnik is located between Prague and Plzen; 32 miles west of Prague, and 30 milesnortheast of Plzen. Jews are on record as living in Rakovnik since 1441. Between 1618 and 1621 three Jewish families from the nearby town of Senomaty came to live at Rakovnik. In 1690 there were 38 Jews living in the town and 1724 seven Jewish families had made Rakovnik their home. The Jewish community was ...
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Synagogue of Rakovnik
Vysoká 232, 269 01 Rakovník +420 313 511 549 Město Rakovník – Oficiální stránka města Rakovník (mesto-rakovnik.cz)
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Hermanuv Mestec
Hermanuv Mestec is located in Bohemia, 56 miles south from Prague. The Jews began settling there in the fifteenth century and the community reached its peak in the nineteenth century. The Baroque-style synagogue was built in 1728 in the center of the ghetto, then reconstructed in neo-Roman style in 1870. It was closed in 1939 and served as a warehouse until the 1990s. Today it houses an art ...
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Synagogue of Hermanuv Mestec
Havlíčkova, 538 03 Heřmanův Městec +420 777 797 141 Město Heřmanův Městec – Oficiální stránky města Heřmanův Městec (hermanuv-mestec.cz)
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Breclav
The Jewish presence in Breclav dates to the sixteenth century. The ghetto, constructed in the seventeenth century can still be visited. The neo-Roman style Synagogue built in 1888. Closed by the Nazis, it served as a warehouse for a half century. The synagogue today houses a cultural center, an exhibition hall and an auditorium. In 2000, a plaque was affixed in the synagogue’s entrance ...
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Synagogue of Breclav
U Tržiště, 690 02 Břeclav +420 731 428 260 Městské muzeum a galerie Břeclav – Muzeum, Synagoga, Zámeček Pohansko, Lichtenštejnský dům (muzeumbv.cz)
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Holesov
The presence of a Jewish settlement in Holešov dates back to at least the 16th century. Holešov hosted one of the most important Jewish communities in Moravia, a centre of culture and education. The Jewish population of the city reached 1,700 (one third of the whole) by the mid-19th century. In the northern part of the town, some houses of the old ghetto can still be seen. The ...
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Synagogue of Holesov
Příční ulice, 769 01 Holešov +420 603 796 411
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Lomnice
Jews began settling in Lomnice in 1656. The eighteenth-century ghetto is composed of a square where one can still see the rabbi house and yeshiva. The Baroque-style synagogue was built in 1870 in the ghetto. Rehabilitated after the war, it was restaured in 1997 and today houses cultural events. You can access the Jewish cemetery through Zidovske street. Dating from the eighteenth century, it ...
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Synagogue of Lomnice
Židovské nám., 679 23 Lomnice Synagogue : Monuments culturels immobiliers : Lomnice
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Dolni Kounice
Dolni Kounice is a small town of Moravia located 115 miles South of Prague. Jews began settling there in the Fifteenth century and part of the ghetto has been preserved. The Renaissance-style was built in 1652. Closed by the Nazis in 1940, it was restaured in 1994 and today houses a exhibition hall. Inside the synagogue, you will observe arcades and Hebrew writings on the wall. There’s ...
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Synagogue of Dolni Kounice
U Synagogy 332, 664 64 Dolní Kounice +420 513 030 427 Synagoga: Dolní Kounice (dolnikounice.cz)
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Velké Meziříčí
Velké Meziříčí is a small town of Moravia located 85 miles South East of Prague.The Jewish community started settling there in the sixteenth century. The ghetto is well-preserved. You can still observe the walls and doors built in the eighteenth century. dates from the early sixteenth century. It was restored in 1995 and now serves as a exhibition center. in neo-Gothic style was ...
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