Description:
The only way to visit any of the area's five 16th-century synagogues is through one of the Museo Communità Ebraica's frequent organized tours conducted in English. Your guide will elaborate on the commercial and political climate of those times, the unique "skyscraper" architecture (overcrowding resulted in many buildings having as many as seven low-ceiling stories with no elevators), and the daily lifestyle of the Jewish community until the arrival of Napoleon in 1797. You'll get to visit historic temples dedicated to the rites of all three major Jewish groups who called Venice home: Italian (Scola Italiana), Sephardic (Scola Levantina), and Ashkenazi (Scola Canton).
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: 041-715-359
Address:
- Cannaregio 2902b
- On Campo del Ghetto Nuovo
- Venice
Hours:
- Museum Apr-Sept Sun-Fri 10am-7pm, Oct-Mar Sun-Fri 10am-6pm; synagogue tours hourly 10:30am-4:30pm (until 5pm Apr-Sept)
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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