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Ghetto Nuovo Description

From 1090 Jews, who were not allowed into Venice itself, settled on the island of Spinalonga, later named Giudecca.

In 1395 the Jews quarreled with the Christian population and had to leave Giudecca for Mestre.

In 1509, during the war against the League of Cambrai, they fled the flames of Mestre for the island city.

In 1516 the Senate allocated the site of a former iron-foundry, The Ghetto Nuovo, to the German and Italian Jews for living quarters. In 1541 the Jews arriving from the East were settled in the Ghetto Vecchio. The word "ghetto" is said to be derived from "gettare" - to cast in metal - and this district was named after the original foundries.

In 1633 this enclosed Jewish quarter was

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Hobbies & Activities category: Jewish site or artifact collection

Ghetto Nuovo Highlights

Memorial Tablet

At the Campo de Ghetto Nuovo a memorial tablet and bronze reliefs commemorate 200 Jewish inhabitants who, between December eighth 1943 and August 17th 1944, were taken away to Nazi concentration camps and murdered.

Museum of the Jewish Community

It is also worth paying a visit to the Museo della Comunità Israelitica (Museum of the Jewish Community). This small but interesting museum, attached to the Scuola Granda Tedesca, contains objects

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