Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Venice - The Jewish Ghetto
The
Venetian Jewish Ghetto
was the area of Venice in which Jews were compelled to live under the Venetian Republic. It is from its name, in the Venetian language, that the word "ghetto", used in many languages, is derived.
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