Spanish Synagogue

Europe,
Italy,
Venice,
Cannaregio

The Spanish Synagogue, or Scola Ponentina, is one of the five historic synagogues located in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, specifically in the Campiello delle Scole. Founded in 1581 by the Sephardic community of Spanish and Portuguese origin, expelled from Spain in 1492, it is the largest of the Venetian...