Alatri is a small town, but with a very rich and long history. It has megalithic walls whose origins are lost in time, an incredible Etruscan necropoli and throughout its existence it has known the Roman domination, the barbaric invasions and, at the time of the Church temporal power, the strugles between the Papacy and the Empire (rappresented by the European royal rulers who were in fierce conflict with church for the dominion of the fragmented Italian City States which sided with either one or the other depending on their political convenience).
In such a scenario comes to no surprise that a Jewish community settled in such small town, eventhough nowadays no tangible traces of their presence are left. However, while walking through the town streets and piazzas we will walk by the areas of the old ghetto,the synagogue and the cemetery. Moreover, inside the medieval Palazzo Gottifredo it twill be possible to visit the Museum where are on display many artifacts and finds covering the whole long span of the local history including the old Statuti (Statutes) of the town of Alatri (1549) including the norms concerning the local Jewish community.
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
from € 2,000 - Excluding flights
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
from € 1,400 - Excluding flights
Turin has the third largest Jewish community in Italy after Rome and Milan. It is the capital city of the northwestern region of Piedmont, the one with the highest number of Jewish heritage sites in Italy nowadays all administratively dependent from the Turin community. Turin was also the seat of the Italian Savoia royal family. […]
The small hamlet of Pitigliano is also known as “the small Jerusalem”, a clear indication of the fact that for many centuries the Jewish population was an integrated and welcomed part of the village and welcomed by the local population. The walls surrounding Pitigliano are of Etruscan origin and have been expanded and strengthened in […]
Premio Turismo responsabile Italiano 2011 
