Scola Tedesca

The Schola Tedesca has been the spiritual home of Venice’s Ashkenazi community since 1528. By 16th-century Venetian law, only the German Jewish community could trade in money-lending, and their success shows in the handsome decor, which dates from the late baroque. The lavish pulpit and carved benches downstairs are topped by a gilded, elliptical women’s gallery, modeled after a Venetian opera balcony. Entry is by guided tour via Museo Ebraico.