Trastevere was historically the Jewish Ghetto on the outskirts of Rome on the western bank of the Tiber River. Jews gained some freedom in the years Napoleon occupied Rome beginning in 1805, but the Ghetto walls weren’t torn down until the revolutions of 1848 swept Europe. The ghetto was finally dissolved when Italy became a unified nation in 1870 and the area was modernized. For a quick read check out “Rome’s Jewish Legacy,” by Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw.
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