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Visits to Jewish sites continue thanks to the Jewish Community of Livorno and Amaranta services. Cost €10.00 per person.
The Monumental Cemetery in Viale Ippolito Nievo was built in 1840, in compliance with the Tuscan grand-ducal provisions which obliged the nations present in Livorno to transfer their graveyards outside the new toll ring, built starting in 1938. The cemetery covers an area of approximately 10,000 square meters and hosts almost 4000 burials dating back to between 1840 and 1901 when it was banned because it was too close to the homes of the Florentine Barriera. It is accessed from viale Ippolito Nievo, through a decorated cast iron gate, restored by
With the end of the Medici and the advent of the Lorenas at the helm of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany we witness a decline in port activity in Livorno, many Florentine families disinvest in port traffic, the Lorenas do not adapt to the new way of trading, the port deposit is overcome, so we are witnessing a removal of foreigners from Livorno and a consequent economic crisis, the Jewish Community will be the only one, which, although downsizing, will maintain an active and lively presence, both entrepreneurially and culturally, becoming, with the emancipation , absolutely Italian. With the racial laws of 1938, once again the Community will show all its liveliness and courage with the creation of a school, within the Marini yeshiva, to allow students to continue their educational path. Even today, despite having few members, it maintains a high religious and cultural profile. It has a cataloged and largely computerized artistic and book heritage and is present in interreligious dialogue tables; hosts schools from all over Tuscany in the Synagogue with educational projects, ranging from food, to language, to archival research.
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