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Roman Ghetto was situated in the region Sant'Angelo ( Rome,Italy ). The roman ghetto is near to the Tiber river and the Theater of Marcellus. In 1555 by Pope Paul IV was issued Papal bull - "Cum nimis absurdum", which segregated the Jews, who lived freely in Rome until that moment. Jews was isolated in a place, which was surrounded by three gates, locked at night. They had right to leave the area only during daytime. The Jews were limited to different restrictions on their personal freedoms - restrictions to allowed professions and obligatory Catholic sermons on the Jewish shabbat.
This "ghetto" had two tasks. First to protect Christians from too close an association with persons of a different faith. Other target was to protect the Jews from mobs or hooligans. Roman ghetto covered a small community from the drain which must follow from assimilation to the majority and enabled special religious customs. During the years the Ghetto was abolished twice. First in 1798 and again in 1848, but it was temporarily both times. The Jews had to request each year for permission to live there. For this privilege they paid annual fee until 1850. They could not possess property, even in the Ghetto and had to swear loyalty to the Pope by the Arch of Titus. On September 20, 1870 the requirement that Jews have to live in the Ghetto was repealed. The walls of the Ghetto was almost destroyed in 1888, before reconstructed of area around the new Synagogue of Rome. The Roman Ghetto was the last ghetto in Western Europe, until the World War II. Nowadays "Roman Ghetto" is one of the most attractive neighborhoods in Rome, with some of the best restaurants in the city. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites                   |
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