The Jerusalem Post visited Friuli-Venezia Giulia, an untravelled region in the extreme northeast corner of Italy. We found there a unique Jewish heritage and an enchanting location so unlike the rest of Italy. This is our report. Edited by Mati Milstein Dusk has almost turned to night and the sky is black with rain. A soccer game plays on the radio and we communicate in a stubborn German - our only common language.
Life is beautiful and it's good to be in Italy.
Trieste - The port city of the Hapsburg Empire Mussolini chose Trieste from where to proclaim his racism. The city had one of the largest Jewish communities in Italy and almost every family had a Jewish relative or friend. At the dead end of a small street, we saw a sign saying that it was illegal to cross the border to Slovenia. A headstone with Hebrew letters is cemented into the arch of Porta San Pietro. Aquileia - One of the most important cities from Roman times The basilica houses a copy of the original rotunda from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.