{"id":1235,"date":"2018-06-23T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T08:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/?post_type=listing&p=1235"},"modified":"2021-03-01T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T12:52:40","slug":"ghetto-2","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/www.visitjewishitaly.it\/en\/listing\/ghetto-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghetto of Pitigliano"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Jewish community began to form in Pitigliano in the early 15th century. It grew further starting in the late 16th century when the city \u2013 ruled by the Orsini counts \u2013 welcomed Jews who were fleeing from small towns in Lazio, and from Florence and Siena, as a result of the establishment of ghettos in the Church State and in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. In the early 17th<\/sup> century, the city passed under Medici rule; in 1622, the Medicis enforced the ghetto here, too. They set aside a residential block along the main thoroughfare of Via Zuccarelli, between Marghera and Goito lanes; the synagogue had already been built there in the late 16th<\/sup> century. Despite segregation, for the most part relations with the local population remained good; the Jews were granted exceptional privileges for the time, such as the right to own real estate. However, there was no shortage of attacks from the civic and Catholic authorities. When the pro-Napoleonic government came into power in 1799, the main gates of the ghetto were demolished. During the counter-revolutionary riots, various Jews were accused of supporting the Jacobins, and arrested. It was only when a horde from Orvieto attempted to attack the ghetto that the local population intervened to support the Jewish community. This escape from danger was celebrated for many years with a local Purim, also known as the \u201cnight of the Orvietans\u201d. After emancipation came in once and for all (1859), Pitigliano\u2019s Jews gradually moved out to larger towns. What remains of the old ghetto is the synagogue<\/a> (rebuilt), and the oven for baking Passover matzo bread.\u00a0 The latter remained operative until 1939. In the adjacent buildings, the typical facilities of Jewish life have been identified and reconstructed, such as the mikveh<\/em>, the butcher and the kosher<\/em> winery, along with an exhibition of artefacts and documents. Pitigliano had a very lively, numerous Jewish community in proportion to the town\u2019s inhabitants; for this reason, the town is still known as \u201cLittle Jerusalem\u201d.<\/div>\n
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Entrance to the museum complex from Vicolo Marghera (cross street of Via Zuccarelli)<\/p>\n

For visits<\/strong>
\nAssociazione Piccola Gerusalemme
\nhttp:\/\/www.lapiccolagerusalemme.it\/Pages\/index.asp<\/a>
\nTel. +39 0564 614230
\nE mail: lapiccolagerusalemme@libero.it<\/a>
\nBooking required for guided tours and large groups<\/p>\n

Opening hours:<\/strong>
\nSummer (1 April \u2013 30 September): 10 \u2013 13.00 \/ 14.30 \u2013 18.00
\nWinter (1 October \u2013 31 March): 10 \u2013 12.00 \/ 15 \u2013 17.00
\nClosed:<\/strong> Saturdays and Jewish Holidays; Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

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