Five large arched windows symbolizing the five books of the Torah make the Italian Synagogue immediately recognisable from the outside. The most recent of the Synagogues of the Ghetto owes its construction, in particular, to the ‘Santa Comunità Italiana’ from Rome in 1675, as the emblem in the center of the façade declares; the building then underwent restoration in 1739 and 1759.
The small building, particularly on its first floor, suggests that there was originally a ceremonial and prayer hall and that only later was it converted into to the current place of worship. Eve
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