Places of worship

Place of worship of ancient origins (now demolished and replaced by the railway station), some believe it could date back to shortly after the year one thousand while others, including Sansovino, trace it back to the end of the 13th century.

"Bet ha-kenèset hagedolà Kerminag askenazim" is the legible inscription on the entrance portal of the Synagogue and signifies that we are in front of the ‘great school according to the Germa n rite’, a gift from Joseph and Samuel

Five large arched windows symbolizing the five books of the Torah make the Italian Synagogue immediately recognisable from the outside.

Similar in style to the Spanish Synagogue, this Scola was built in the 16th century by the Jewish community from the Near East.

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 ) wh​o were fleeing from the Iberian peninsula.

The origins of the church of San Geminiano turn out to be very old - it is believed to date back to 554 - and represents a gift offered by the Greek general Narses to the Venetians for the naval aid received in the Byzantine war a