en Viareggio Synagogue

Viareggio Sinagogue
Viareggio Sinagogue
	The synagogue, in 2021
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Ownership	Jewish Community of Pisa
Status	Active
Location
Location	via delgi Oleandri 30 (30 Oleander Lane), in Viareggio, Province of Lucca, Tuscany
Country	Italy
	Location of the synagogue in Tuscany
Geographic coordinates	43°52′39″N 10°14′48″E / 43.8776°N 10.2466°E
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Completed	1955
Materials	Brick

The Viareggio Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at via delgi Oleandri 30 (30 Oleander Lane), in Viareggio, in the Province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.^[2] The congregation is administered by the Jewish Community of Pisa.

History

Between the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, many Jewish families moved to Viareggio, mostly from nearby Leghorn. The scrolls of the Sefer Torah, still preserved in the synagogue at via degli Oleandri, date from that period.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1930s the congregation, made up of 52 families, rented a location in Viareggio's via Fratti, to be set up as a centre for worship. Here, in 1940, following the Fascist race laws, a Jewish school was opened as well.^[3] With the Nazi occupation in 1943, the school and synagogue ceased to exist.^{[citation needed]}

Only in 1955 was the current synagogue opened, thanks to various private donations.^[4]

In Viareggio there is also a small Jewish cemetery.^{[citation needed]}