The Spanish Synagogue (Italian: Scola Ponentina, or Sinagoga Scuola Spagnola) 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.[1]
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.
Referencesedit
^Kaplan, Benjamin J., Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007, Chapter 8, pp. 194. ff.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scola spagnola (Venice).
spanish, synagogue, venice, spanish, synagogue, italian, scola, ponentina, sinagoga, scuola, spagnola, functioning, synagogues, venetian, ghetto, venice, northern, italy, open, services, from, passover, until, high, holiday, season, spanish, synagoguereligiona. The Spanish Synagogue Italian Scola Ponentina or Sinagoga Scuola Spagnola 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 Spanish SynagogueReligionAffiliationOrthodox JudaismStatusActiveLocationLocationVenice ItalyArchitectureArchitect s Baldassare LonghenaStyleBaroqueCompleted1581 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 1 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 References edit Kaplan Benjamin J Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 2007 Chapter 8 pp 194 ff External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scola spagnola Venice The Spanish Synagogue 45 26 41 N 12 19 32 E 45 4448 N 12 3256 E 45 4448 12 3256 nbsp nbsp This article about a synagogue or other Jewish place of worship in Italy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spanish Synagogue Venice amp oldid 1192459035, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
