Venice and the Jews: the old Ghetto
The old Ghetto and Cannaregio district
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Don’t miss the opportunity to visit the old Venetian Jewish Ghetto, which still preserves its original traits. The Ghetto is placed in the Cannaregio district, one of the oldest and most charming districts in Venice, almost completely unknown to mass tourism and consequently still genuine.
This walking tour will take you into the heart of the old Venetian Jewish district, Campo del Ghetto Novo. There your guide will tell you about the very interesting history of the Ghetto, a reference point for the European Jewish community for many centuries. According to the very strict medieval Catholic law, Jewish people were not allowed to live and work close to Christian people. In March 1516 the Senate of the Republic decided that the Jews in Venice should move en bloc to the Ghetto Novo, a little islet in the district of Cannaregio, which was linked to the rest of the city by two access points only. Your guide will show you the synagogues (only from the outside) and take you from Ghetto Novo to Ghetto Vecchio explaining to you the lifestyle of the Ghetto during the age of the Republic.
The walking tour will then take you out of the Ghetto to visit the Cannaregio district: Campo dei Mori, Madonna Dell'Orto church and Scuola Della Misericordria are treasures not to be missed.
