VENICE GHETTO 500
From June 19th to November 13th 2016 In the Duke’s apartment, Ducal Palace Venice Curated by Donatella Calabi The exhibition “Venice, the Jews and Europe. 1516–2016” will be the highlight of the Quincentennial year of the Jewish Ghetto. It aims at revealing the multiple aspects of the history and the life of Jews in Venice: the origins of their settlement, their economic role from pawnbrokers to international merchants, their daily life, their relationship with the Venetian State and other Jewish communities elsewhere. A large amount of documents, ceremonial objects, books and many more items will be on display including also a virtual reconstruction of the Ghetto showing the different stages of its development. Get to know more: http://www.veniceghetto500.org/?lang=en Contact us for information info@yourtoursinvenice.com
Napoleon’s rule brought the end of the Ghetto
July 11th 1797 – after 281 years the Ghetto is opened and the gates are destroyed
1848 – The oath of Venetian officials to defend the city against the Austrians. A group of preeminent Venetian Jews were government members
Jacopo Pesaro Maurogonato – Minister of Finance during the revolutionary gov.t 1848 – 1849
Jews in Venice in the 19th century
Jewish Venetian architects and their works in Venice and buldings own by Jewish families in town (19th and 20th centuries
Venetia Jews gather in the Ghetto shortly after liberation and the end of WW2
