Few, if any, early modern European cities boasted a population as racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse as Renaissance Venice, from German merchants living in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi to the ...

VENICE, Italy -- Venice's Jewish ghetto is considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, and a new effort is underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for the Jews who have ...

VENICE, Italy — Venice’s Jewish ghetto is considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, and a new effort is underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for the Jews who have ...

NEW YORK – Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time. But ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice’s Jewish ghetto ...

VENICE — Venice, home to what is considered the first Jewish ghetto in Europe, has launched an effort to preserve its 16th-century synagogues. For nearly two years, restorers have been peeling away ...