Venetian Ghetto
The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were forced to live by the government of the Venetian Republic.
The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were forced to live by the government of the Venetian Republic. The English word ghetto is derived from the Jewish ghetto in Venice. The Venetian Ghetto was instituted on 29 March 1516 by decree of Doge Leonardo Loredan and the Venetian Senate. It was not the first time that Jews in Venice were compelled to live in a segregated area of the city. In 1555, Venice had 160,208 inhabitants, including 923 Jews, who were mainly merchants.
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Getting to Venetian Ghetto
- Airports
- Venice Marco Polo (VCE), 7 km · Treviso (TSF), 25 km · Trieste (TRS), 98 km
- Ronchi dei Legionari/Trieste → Venetian Ghetto99 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · €13–18
- Caselle (VR) → Venetian Ghetto13 km · quickest by road, 46 min · €1.5–2.5
- Bologna → Venetian Ghetto103 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · €13–18
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- Get inMost ferries arrive at the main terminal in Santa Croce.
- Get inOne exception to this are ferries operated by Venezia Lines, which has daily departures from ports in Croatia and arrives at the San Basilio Ferry Terminal right here in Dorsoduro.
From Wikivoyage: Venice/Dorsoduro, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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