The Roman Jewish Ghetto: Self-Guided Audio Tour

Highlights

• Self-Guided Ghetto Tour
• Historical Sites
• Culinary Experience

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Fontana di Piazza delle Cinque Scole

   Pass by

   Scola means synagogue, and so Piazza delle Cinque Scole contained the Temple, New, Castilian, Catalan and Sicilian "Scole". After the emancipation of the Ghetto, the complex was torn down, but the name has remained, the Piazza delle Cinque Scole.

2. 2

   Tempio Maggiore di Roma

   Pass by

   In 1901, the community commissioned two architects, Osvaldo Armanni e Vincenzo Costa, to design and build a new temple. In 1904, the new synagogue was opened, and ever since then, has served as the main place of worship in Rome.

3. 3

   The Portico of Octavia

   Pass by

   The Portico D'Ottavia was built by Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, to honor his sister Octavia. It consists of a monumental arch and facade, and then an internal portico that originally held two temples.

Before you go

Location