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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1750
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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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17th–18th Century
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Wife of Menahem Levi Meshullami Simḥah
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1680/1
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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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The Scuola Italiana is one of five synagogues in the Venetian ghetto, and its smallest. In 1575, the Italian Jewish community established the synagogue in a preexisting building because of a law…
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1575
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The Vittorio Veneto Synagogue, in a town near Venice, was constructed on the second and third floors of a modest house. Elements of the Italian Baroque style are visible in the interior, especially in…
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Serravalle, Republic of Venice (Vittorio Veneto, Italy)
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Mid–17th Century
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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1655
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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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17th Century
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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
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Founded in 1548, the Italian Synagogue of Padua was moved to its current location by 1603. It was renovated in the nineteenth century and restored again after World War II, when the Scuola Grande…
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1548