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Rome, Italy, Jewish Ghetto 2

 Now this Jewish Ghetto has become a very trendy place to live.

Just outside of the ghetto, we see the outside remains of an Greek/Roman amphitheater. It continues to amaze us how these centuries-old buildings still remain.

Then we walk around the ghetto itself. We eat traditional Jewish food for lunch - fried artichokes and some kind of wonderful fried fish.

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Rome, Italy, Jewish Ghetto

 Today, Luca our guide, takes us on a walk to the Jewish ghetto. The dictionary definition of ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, typically as a result of social, legal, or economic pressure. 

Of course during World War II when Jews were forced into certain parts of a town or city and were called ghettos, it became a negative word. In Rome, Jews were forced to live in this area, but then later were free to live anywhere and the walls and gates were torn down.

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Rome, Italy, Castle of Saint Angelo

 
Last of a wonderful day, we visited the Castle of Saint Angelo.

 It was built to house the burial place of Hadrian, one of the Emperors of Rome, between AD 134 and 139. The popes converted the structure into a castle beginning in the 14th century. It was decommissioned in 1901 and became a museum.

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