The story of the venetian Ghetto in the Nineteenth Century : a virtual heritage digitally revealed

March 29th 2016 saw the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the world’s first ghetto, the Jewish Ghetto in Venice. This date was the starting point for a large number of events staged in Venice and round the world throughout the year just passed. The exhibition entitled Venice, the Jews and Europe 1516-2016 provided another occasion for identifying and pursuing a few avenues of research into the story of the Venetian Ghetto. Among these was a study of the Ghetto from an urban perspective, from the opening of its gates ordered in 1797 by Napoleonic decree.