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Kultur: detail 31 Dezember 2012 The Ancient Jewish Ghetto in
Venice The Jewish Ghetto of Venice, the first ghetto in Europe,
was established on 29th of March 1516 by the government of
Venetian Serenissima Republic. It was an area where Jews were
forced to live and which they could not leave from sunset to
dawn. The isolation of the Jewish community in Venice lasted
until 1797, the year the Republic felt to Napoleon who finally
decreeed the end of the segregation and recognized equal rights
to the Jews. The name Ghetto seems to derive from the iron
foundries that were active in the that area of the city, where
metal was cast (geto in Venetian) to make cannons; the name was
later applied to neighborhoods in other cities where Jews were
required to live. To get to the Ghetto, take vaporetto boat line
1 get off at the San Marcuola - Casinò stop; a short walk will
then take you to the former gat