The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were compelled to live by the government of the Venetian Republic.
The English word ghetto is derived from the Jewish ghetto in Venice.
The Venetian Ghetto was instituted on 29 March 1516.
It was not the first time that Jews in Venice were compelled to live in a segregated area of the city.
In 1552 Venice had 160,000 inhabitants, including 900 Jews, who were mainly merchants.
In 1797 the French army of Italy, commanded by the 28-year-old General Napoleon Bonaparte, conquered Venice, dissolved the Venetian republic, and ended the ghetto's separation from the city. In the 19th century, the ghetto was renamed the Contrada dell'unione.
Venetian Ghetto
Address: Campo di Ghetto Nuovo, 30121 Venezia VE
Phone: 041715012
Site:
http://www.jvenice.org/Location inserted by
Tesori del Ghetto