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Interior of room with columns and short double staircase at one end and pews along wall.

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Sephardic Synagogue (Pesaro, Italy)

Late 16th Century

Photograph of ornamental Torah ark chamber with gilded columns and doors with filigree and Hebrew writing.

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Urbino Synagogue, Italy

ca. 1500

Photograph of oval room with central platform with columns.

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Scuola Grande Tedesca (Venice)

1528 and 1672

Photograph of room with ornate columns and pews along both sides, a raised platform on the right side, and several chandeliers.

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Great Italian Synagogue, Padua

1548

Photograph of room with rows of pews, curtains on right-hand wall, and columned archway on back wall.

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Scuola Levantina, Venice

1541

Photograph of room lined with narrow wooden pews and set of stairs at far end of room leading to gilded podium.

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Scuola Canton Synagogue, Venice

1532

Photograph of carved Torah ark with gold doors, crown at top, and wooden fence around it.

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Scuola Italiana, Venice

1575

Photograph of room with pews along walls and gold Torah ark in center of back wall.

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Vittorio Veneto Synagogue, Italy

Mid–17th Century

Photograph of room with vaulted ceiling, gilded walls, and pews.

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Oratorio Israelitico Synagogue, Casale Monferrato, Italy

1595 and 1765

Photograph of room with large carved Torah ark with pews on either side of room and screened second-floor balcony.

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Italian Synagogue, Conegliano Veneto, Italy

17th Century

Cloth with embroidered crest in the center with Hebrew text on either side, with floral motifs on left and right edges.

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Torah Wrapper, Rome

1728