[Photo on top: Isola del Ghetto, Courtesy Museo Ebraico di Venezia]
The Jewish Museum of Venice in its temporary location reopens to the public three days a week:
Thursday from 11.00am to 6.30pm (last admission at 5.30pm), Friday and Sunday from 10.00am to 5.30pm (last admission at 4.30pm)
The Jewish Ghetto of Venice, the oldest in the world, was established in 1516 and remained an area of the city inhabited by Jews until the arrival of the French in 1797. In nearly three centuries of history, it welcomed Jews from different parts of Europe and Italy: each of these groups brought to Venice a heritage of history, knowledge, skills and traditions that have given prestige and expanded the cultural landscape of the Serenissima. Today, walking through the “calli” of the Ghetto allows visitors to retrace the history of these communities and the places of worship they founded.
Currently, due to the ongoing restorations, the Jewish Museum of Venice has been rearranged into a Temporary Museum. Here, you will find a selection of the extraordinary collection of ancient sacred objects, a path dedicated to the history of the Venice Ghetto, and the possibility of exploring the fundamental moments of Jewish life, such as birth and marriage, the cycle of major Jewish holidays, also thanks to various in-depth audiovisuals.
The interior of the Spanish Synagogue. Photo Courtesy Museo Ebraico di Venezia. © Ph.: J. Porcel.
The ticket (10,00 euros full price, 8,00 euros reduced, 7,00 euros for Venetians) includes a visit with guides specialized in Judaism to the imposing and scenographic Scola Levantina, built by the community of Jews who settled in Venice in 1541 coming from the East, mainly from Turkey and Greece. it dates back to the sixteenth-century and it was enlarged and completely restored in 1684 in a style attributable to Longhena or his school.
On the ground floor it will also be possible to visit the fascinating Scola Luzzatto, founded by the Luzzatto family in the 16th century, and previously located in a building in the Campo del Gheto Novo. The oldest mention and descritption of this scola dates back to 1585. The simple late Renaissance elegance that surrounds this small lounge with its wooden furnishings, delicately decorated in pastel shades, is of great charm.
A glance on the Jewish cemetery. Photo Courtesy Museo Ebraico di Venezia. © Ph.: J. Porcel.
In addition, two good news: in these first days of opening the tour will exceptionally include the Secret Garden of the Spanish School, where visitors will be accompanied by young naturalists to discover the plants and trees of the Torah.
Furthermore, every Wednesday morning, by reservation only, it will be possible to visit the Ancient Jewish Cemetery of the Lido.
Again by reservation, even on closing days except Saturdays, it will be possible to request a private tour of:
• Visit to the museum and to the Scola Levantina and the Scola Luzzatto
• Visit to the Italian Synagogue
• Visit to the secret garden of the Spanish school
• Visit to the old Jewish cemetery (late 14th century) and the new one (17th century)
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