Corte dei Cicala, 19-35, 73100, Lecce Italy

Piazza Duomo, via Petronelli, 9/A, 73100, Lecce Italy

Via Umberto I 3, 73100, Lecce Italy

Piazza del Duomo, 73010, Lecce Italy

Piazza Sant'Oronzo, 73100, Lecce Italy

Via Ascanio Grandi 56, 73100, Lecce Italy

Piazza Sant'Oronzo, 73100, Lecce Italy

Viale 25 Luglio, 73100, Lecce Italy

Via Arte della Cartapest, 73100, Lecce Italy

Piazza Sant'Oronzo, Lecce Italy

Via Adua Altezza Piazzetta Arco di Trionfo, 73100, Lecce Italy

Via Dei Perroni 29, 73100, Lecce Italy

Via Regina Isabella 9, 73100, Lecce Italy

Via Umberto I, 9 Palazzo Taurino, 73100, Lecce Italy

The museum is located in a medieval building, which now presents itself as a late 16th – 17th century palazzo. It encompasses the remains of a 15th century synagogue, which was right in the centre of the Jewish district in Lecce. Visitors to the museum can see the pools that in all likelihood were once used for ritual bathing (mikwa’ot), the doorpost groove that housed the sacred parchment with religious verses from the Scriptures (mezuzah), as well as significant remains of the church that later partially incorporated the earlier synagogue. Visitors are invited to follow the threads linking the Jewish presence in Lecce from the Middle Ages to the present; the legacy of Apulian Judaism visible within other communities of the diaspora, as well as the threads linking Judaism with other faith communities in and around Lecce. We also provide themed tours for tourists interested in discovering the history of the Jewish presence in Apulia.

SP100 Km 5, 73100, Lecce Italy

Once a Greek orthodox monastery, then the centre of a farm, this notable example of Puglian Romanesque architecture now tells the tale of its two previous lives – one religious, the other agricultural.