Conegliano

Conegliano lies among the hills north of Treviso, beneath a castle established under the bishop of Belluno. In the Middle Ages the castle housed both the town's podestà and religious functions, while noble families built a settlement around it. Venetian rule strengthened its defences, although the town declined after the War of the League of Cambrai.

A Jewish community lived in Conegliano from the later years of the fourteenth century. In 1629 its members were ordered to move to the foot of the castle hill, and in 1675 they were moved again outside the town walls. They built a new synagogue in the ghetto in 1701, providing a place of worship for a community that remained part of the town's life for centuries.