The Synagogue of Sant’Anna, detached from other surrounding buildings, is located on La Giudea street in Trani and today stands as a living testimony of Jewish culture in this Apulian town during the Middle Ages.
The former Synagogue underwent modifications during the Christian period, leaving some original parts unchanged such as the external wall structure, the intrados dome in the octagonal drum, a small pointed tympanum, and today after careful conservation restoration it is possible to admire the various transformations over the centuries.
Indeed, alongside discoveries of the synagogue’s primitive structures, you can observe 17th-century decorations and an 18th-century crypt.
In November 2009, the building inaugurated the Jewish Art Section of the Diocesan Museum, a section that houses important artifacts of Jewish culture dating back to the 13th-15th centuries, Jewish sepulchral tombstones, interesting archival documents, fragments of the Hebrew Bible and parchment fragments, Jewish ritual objects such as the mezuzah, mostly owned by the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie or coming from donations and loans.
