Italian Synagogue (Venice)

The Italian Synagogue (Italian: Scuola Italiana) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that is located in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, Italy.

[2][3] The Italian Synagogue was built in 1575[4] to serve the needs of the Italian Jews, the poorest group living in the Venetian Ghetto.

[5] It was a clandestine synagogue, 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.

The main features of the room are the Bimah and the Ark.

Four large windows illuminate the room from the south side of the campo of the Ghetto Nuovo.