The Jewish Ghetto
The word “Ghetto” is of Venetian origin, it means an iron foundry, a place where iron was “gettato” cast. Until 1390, the casting was done on a small Island, in the Cannaregio area. In 1516 the Doge’s decided to confine the city’s Jewish population to this Island.
Venice’s Jewish population once lived here, segregated from their non-Jewish neighbors.
Today the small neighborhood has centuries of history.
The Jewish Ghetto
The word “Ghetto” is of Venetian origin, it means an iron foundry, a place where iron was “gettato” cast. Until 1390, the casting was done on a small Island, in the Cannaregio area. In 1516 the Doge’s decided to confine the city’s Jewish population to this Island.
Venice’s Jewish population once lived here, segregated from their non-Jewish neighbors.
Today the small neighborhood has centuries of history.
