Piccola Gerusalemme di Maremma, Pitigliano

I had never seen anything like it. Pain (concentration camps with everyday scenes) were mixed in this show. Rooms, many rooms dug into the rock for a "daily life (if you can call it that)) of the Jews in Pitigliano over the centuries! Touching and exciting!

When you come to Pitigliano for the first time, you cannot fail to visit this museum rich in history and well managed by the community. The entrance ticket is € 5 and for men who want to access the Synagogue it is advisable to bring a hat or for an additional € 1 they provide their kippah at the entrance. In the museum you can visit the Kasher butcher, the unleavened oven, the cellar and the ritual bath all dug into the tuff.

Already from the entrance you can understand how the Jews have not had an easy life. The photos of the concentration camps hanging on the walls are the introduction to the moving visit. The ghetto is made up of different zones arranged on various levels. The explanations on the signs are exhaustive, reporting information on the environments, life, culture and events that took place in that place for several years Too bad the server was not working to get more information.

The visit to Pitigliano, a timeless village that hides an invisible, underground and suggestive city under the visible inhabited area, continues with a visit to little Jerusalem, the ancient Jewish village with rooms dug into the tuff. Visible are the dry cleaners, the unleavened bread oven, the kosher slaughterhouse, the ritual bath, the cellar and finally the Synagogue. Don't forget the typical Jewish sweet, a mixture of honey and walnuts coated with a very thin wafer and called "the eviction" created by the Jews to remember the impositions suffered to leave their homes by an edict of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and concentrate in the ghetto. Unforgettable experience.

A place of great historical, cultural, religious significance, perfectly maintained and valued. A real "little Jerusalem" 👍