Jewish Museum IN ROME (Museo Ebraico di Roma)
Repository of the historical, cultural and
artistic patrimony of the ghetto, where
the Roman Jews
were forced to live from the mid 15th century to the
end of the 19th century, the Museum of Jewish Art
was created in 1960 with the collection and
classification of ritual objects and documentary
materials originating mainly from the demolition of
the old Jewish schools or centres of worship (the
Catalan, the Sicilian, the 'scuola
nuova', the 'scuola del Tempio' and
the Castilian).
The
suppression of the five schools coincided with the
construction of the current imposing synagogue
in AssyrianBabylonian style between 1901 and
1904.
Designed
by Vincenzo Costa and Osvaldo Armanni,
it was immediately filled with manuscripts
and incunabula, archive materials,
ritual silverware and precious cloths, as
well as the original decorations, which have been
preserved as the "Temple wardrobe" in
accordance with the explicit wishes of the Jewish
community: a rich store of various materials
which bears witness to the everyday life and
practices of worship of Rome's historic Jewish
community.
In
addition to the ritual objects and cloths still used
for liturgical purposes, allowing for the display to
be continually modified, a large section of the
Museum is also devoted to the tragedy of the
persecutions, which began with the famous papal
bull of 1555, under which Paul IV made
residence compulsory in the area between Ponte
Quattro Capi, Portico d'Ottavia,
Piazza Giudla and the Tiber, and
culminated in the Nazi repression.
The most
recent items include the account by the president,
Ugo Foa, of the expropriations suffered by
the community in 1943, some receipts from the
confiscation of gold, some of the police
files on the Jews imprisoned in Via
Tasso and a prayer book perforated by
shrapnel from the bombs thrown into the crowd on
9 October 1982. (mm)
Information and Addresses
Address
Lungotevere de' Cenci, 15 (Synagogue)
Visiting
Hours
From
October to May, from Sunday to Thursday 10.00 am -
4.30 pm; Friday 9:00 am - 2.00 pm. From June to
September,from Sunday to Thursday 10.00 am -].00 pm;
Friday 9.00 am - 4.00 pm Closed Saturday and
Jewish holidays Closed afternoons on Catholic
holidays
Telephone
06
68400661; Fax 06 68400684
Price
€
7,5°,
concessions
€
3,00
For
Tours information
– private guided tours – special entrances, no waiting in
line - VIP services
www.tourinrome.com
www.vaticanmuseuminformation.com
www.vaticanmuseumticket.com
