The Jewish Ghetto

Yesterday we had our second neighborhood tour, which was of the Jewish Ghetto (Which is where our studio is located). The neighborhood is called the Jewish Ghetto because this is where Jews were forced to live for 300 years between the 16th and 19th centuries. This area also has a lot of history from the World War 2 era when the nazis came to the ghetto and took more the 1000 Jews.

The highlight of our tour was the Synagogue (or was supposed to be). We weren't in the Synagogue for more than 15 min when we were escorted off the premises by security because our professor failed to obey the no pictures rule. It's ok thought because they were some of the rudest people I have ever met haha.

Anyways, heres some pics from the tour...

View of Isola Tiberina (Tiber Island)

Theatre of Marcellus
Completed in 13BC (nearly a century before the Colosseum)

Last is a video I did as a demonstration of how to use a Roman drinking fountain. These drinking fountains can be found all over the city and are constantly running. The bottom hole can be plugged to shoot water out of a top hole for easier drinking.