CORFU SYNAGOGUE
Venetian style synagogue in Corfu Chora.
Of the four synagogues that existed in Corfu, there is only one left, the "Scuola Greca", built in the 18th century. Painted yellow on the outside, the synagogue was built in the Venetian style. Outside the synagogue, a plaque reminds us that the writer Albert Cohen was born here and that many of his works are set on his native island. A plaque, erected belatedly in 2002, also lists the names of all the Corfu Jews deported by the Nazis. Unfortunately, the island's Jewish heritage is not sufficiently promoted by the authorities...
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