It was founded in the second half of the 16th century on the request of a Spanish Jewish community (and probably also by the Marranos and Ponentini Jews ) who were fleeing from the Iberian peninsula. They were welcomed by the Serenissima which had proved favorable to the integration, partly due to Spaniards huge economic potential. It then seems to have been completely rebuilt a century later with solutions that recall the works of Baldassare Longhena, a probable architect of the Levantine Scola, but the data found is not sufficient to confirm the hypothesis.
The synagogue
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