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Israel David Luzzatto
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Trieste, Habsburg Empire
(Trieste, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1775
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The second-oldest building in the Venetian ghetto is the Scuola Canton Synagogue. Built several years after the Scuola Grande Tedesca, the Canton Synagogue also served the Ashkenazic community. The…
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1532
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The Scuola Levantina (Levantine Synagogue), a Sephardic synagogue built in 1541, was restored in the late seventeenth century. The bimah is thought to have been carved by Andrea Brustolon (1662–1732)…
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1541
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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This Piedmontese synagogue, built in 1595, is typical of many synagogues constructed in times and places where Jews did not want to call attention to themselves because of fear of persecution. From…
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Casale Monferrato, Kingdom of Sardinia
(Casale Monferrato, Italy)
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1595 and 1765
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This exquisite synagogue, with Rococo gold wooden detailing, was originally located in in the village of Conegliano Veneto. Built in the sixteenth century, it was subsequently reassembled by the…
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Conegliano Veneto, Kingdom of Sardinia
(Conegliano, Italy)
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17th Century
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Contributor:
Maurycy Gottlieb
Places:
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1878–1879
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Contributor:
Philipp Veit
Places:
Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1819
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This Torah ark, installed in a synagogue in the Italian town of Urbino, is a fine example of Renaissance Judaica. Carved from walnut in the early sixteenth century, the ark belonged to the Sephardic…
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Urbino, Duchy of Urbino
(Urbino, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1500
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The Scuola Grande Tedesca is the oldest of five synagogues in the Venetian ghetto and was built in 1528 by the local Ashkenazic community. Although only its five windows are visible from the street…
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1528 and 1672