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Donatella Calabi
Books by Donatella Calabi
Venice and its Jews
500 Years Since the Founding of the Ghetto
Translated by Lenore Rosenberg
500 years ago in Venice, the first ghetto was born. It was the first of many 'Jewish enclosures' ordained by political powers, such as the Venetian senate. A place to confine, it soon became an important cosmopolitan and commercial centre of the Republic. The architectural structure of its housin...