Gheto Vechio

A Venezia!

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May 9th 2010
First Day in Venice After out first night in our Venetian apartments, today was the first day we were able to explore the unbelievably beautiful city of Venice as a group. We met at the center of the Venetian Italian Jewish community located in the Ghetto Nuovo (which is where our classroom is) for our program orientation. The classroom lies just off the Campo di ghetto nuovo (th ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more