Facade of "Schola" (ie synagogue) "Levantine" (the XVIII cent.), In the Campo delle Scole ghetto of Venice SOURCE: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schola_levantina_Facciata.jpg

© Didier Descouens

Schola Levantina

Venice

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Sometimes called the Turkish Synagogue, the Schola Levantina was founded in 1541 as the first to serve the Ghetto's Sephardic community. Its renovated 17th-century interiors are often attributed to Baldassare Longhena. It's not usually open to the public.