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Object Alone
Scuola Levantina in Venice
Object Detail

Building Date
Between 1538 and 1561, 1680

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Italy | Veneto | Venice
| Campiello delle Scuole

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

The Furnishings from the Luzzatto Scola were transferred to this location


Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Synagogue

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)

Bibliography

Cassuto, David, "Batei-kneset be-italiyah betkufat ha-barok," in: Yakov Eshel, Ehud Netzer, David Amit and David Cassuto (eds.), Va'asu li mikdash: batei-kneset meyamei kedem ve'ad yameinu (Ariel, 2004), pp. 108-110 with ills..

Dorfman, Rivka and Ben-Zion. Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 2000), p. 330.

Pinkerfeld, Yaakov, Batei-ha-kneset be-italiya mitkufat ha-renesans 'ad yameinu: perek be-toldot ha-adrikhalut ha-yehudit (Jerusalem, 1954), pp. 10-12 with plan, ills. 9-11.

Sacerdoti, Annie, Guide to Jewish Italy (Brooklyn: Israelowitz Publishing, 1989)

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Volume
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Photographer
Photograph Date
2011

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