Synagogue and Jewish Ghetto Pitigliano

Pitigliano is also known as the “Little Jerusalem”, starting from the sixteenth in fact it welcomed a large Jewish community coming from the Papal States, following the restrictions imposed by the Papal Bulls of 1555 and 1569.

In Pitigliano the Jewish community lived a perfect integration, in harmony with the locals, so much so that they wanted to build their own sacred places and places of worship, the Jewish Ghetto, with the unleavened oven, the kosher butcher, the ritual bath and the Synagogue .

Even today these places are preserved and valued, it is possible to access them along the streets of the ancient Jewish Ghetto.

The Synagogue is certainly the most symbolic and important sacred building, it was built in 1598, it is accessed through an arched portal that leads to a courtyard, on the door, you can read a sacred inscription:

“And let them make a sanctuary for me and I will dwell among them. Open the doors of justice for me. This is the door [that leads] to the Lord.”

Inside the temple there are furnishings that largely date back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Over the centuries, the religious building has been restored on various occasions, in 1756, in 1835, when the façade was enriched with Rococo stucco, in 1931 and finally in 1995, by the Municipality of Pitigliano: the latter restoration made it possible to completely recover the place of worship and bring it back to its former glory.

The Synagogue and the adjacent museum can be visited every day (except Saturdays).

Director: Elena Servi

Info and reservations: 0564614230 3281907173

Email: lapiccolagerhusela@libero.it

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Web: www.lapiccolagerusalem.it

OPENING TIME :

From April to September: from 10am to 1pm and from 2.30pm to 6pm

From October to March: from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00

TICKETS:

€ 5.00 full – € 4.00 reduced