"The Ghetto of Rome: The Jewish Quarter in the Eternal City"
Past Live Lecture on January 9th 2023 with Livia Galante
Come and Discover:
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A brief history of the Jewish community of Rome, exploring the venues connected with Jewish history, from the Area of the Campus Martius (where later the Ghetto was established) to the Tiber Island.
From the Roma Forum to the Rose garden, a former Jewish cemetery, from the Jewish catacombs to Ostia antica, visiting the oldest Synagogue surviving in the Western world.
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Course Curriculum
Livia Galante
is known around town as the “Queen of Ostia” having bowled over princes, prelates, politicians and people with her love and knowledge of the ancient site. Livia has her Doctorate in archeology from La Sapienza and is exceptional at making the ancient stones come to life and recount the stories of the ancients who tread on them, the technique of the engineers who laid them and the world that circulated around them. She describes herself as, “Italian by birth, Archaeologist by education, and Tour Guide by a passion to share beauty”!
