Description of the stamp

The Jewish community of Rome is the oldest Jewish community of the estern world.The Jewish settlement in Rome precedes the destruction f the second Temple of Jerusalem and has continued successively since lat time. In 1555, a ghetto was built in a slum area on the edge of Rome nd new laws restricted the exit and entry of the Jews. The Jews of .ome were emancipated in 1870, when Papal rule was overthrown and Lome was incorporated into a united Italy. As part of the renewal irocess of the poorer neighborhoods, the Jewish ghetto was dismantled .nd in 1904, a new impressive synagogue was built Both stamps depict he facade of the Synagogue. .