ipernity: MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: campo de ghetto novo

Ghetto Gate Hinge Slot

22 Feb 2016

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Each of the two entrances to the Jewish ghetto had large gates, which were locked every night. You can see where one of the hinges used to be.

Ponte de Ghetto Vecchio

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)

22 Feb 2016

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Each of the two entrances to the Jewish ghetto had large gates, which were locked every night. You can see where one of the hinges used to be.

Signs

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)

22 Feb 2016

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Gam Gam is the first kosher restaurant in Venice.

Additions

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)

22 Feb 2016

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I think the room on the left is a small synagogue. Venetian law at one time prohibited the building of separate synagogues, and Jewish law required that there be nothing between the congregation and the heavens.

Museo Ebraico

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)

22 Feb 2016

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The Jewish Museum

Banco Rosso

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)

22 Feb 2016

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The oldest pawnshop in the world. Jews were allowed to engage in only a few occupations, money lending being one. Since the population was largely illiterate, each pawnbroker used a different colored paper for their receipts. Banco Rosso used red slips, and thus the phrase "in the red" was born.

Pawnshop

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)

22 Feb 2016

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The oldest pawnshop in the world. Jews were allowed to engage in only a few occupations, money lending being one. Since the population was largely illiterate, each pawnbroker used a different colored paper for their receipts. Banco Rosso used red slips, and thus the phrase "in the red" was born.