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Spanish Synagogue ( Italian : Scola Ponentina ; or Italian : Sinagoga Scuola Spagnola ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , that is located in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice , Italy . Designed by Baldassare Longhena in the Baroque style, the synagogue was completed in 1580, and it is one of five synagogues that were established in the ghetto. The synagogue is open for services from Passover until the end of the High Holiday season. Historic Synagogues of Europe . Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d .
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The Spanish Synagogue is one of the two functioning synagogues in the Venetian Ghetto of Venice , northern Italy . It is open for services from Passover until the end of the High Holiday season.
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The Spanish Synagogue is one of the two functioning synagogues in the Venetian Ghetto of Venice , northern Italy . It is open for services from Passover until the end of the High Holiday season. The Spanish Synagogue was founded by Jews expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 1490s who reached Venice, usually via Amsterdam , Livorno or Ferrara , in the 1550s.The four-story yellow stone building was constructed in 1580 and was restored in 1635.It is a clandestine synagogue , which was tolerated on the condition that it be concealed within a building that gives no appearance being a house of worship form the exterior, although the interior is elaborately decorated.Gate on campo delle scole Shoah memorial The synagogue's ornate interior contains three large chandeliers and a dozen smaller ones, as well as a huge sculpted wooden ceiling.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The Spanish Synagogue is one of the two functioning synagogues in the Venetian Ghetto of Venice , northern Italy . It is open for services from Passover until the end of the High Holiday season. The Spanish Synagogue was founded by Jews expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 1490s who reached Venice, usually via Amsterdam , Livorno or Ferrara , in the 1550s. The four-story yellow stone building was constructed in 1580 and was restored in 1635. It is a clandestine synagogue , which was tolerated on the condition that it be concealed within a building that gives no appearance being a house of worship form the exterior, although the interior is elaborately decorated. View towards the ark Gate on campo delle scole Holocaust memorial The synagogue's ornate interior contains three large chandeliers and a dozen smaller ones, as well as a huge sculpted wooden ceiling.
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one of the two functioning synagogues in the venetian ghetto of venice
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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