"The Synagogue" Top 5 Page for this destination Ioannina Off The Beaten Path Tip by matza

A left turn inside the Plateia Giorgio gate onto Odos Ioustinianou leads (in about 2 blocks) to the Synagogue. Dating from 1790, this white-walled synagogue, with a Hebrew inscription above its locked door, will be interesting to those willing to track down someone who can let you in--try asking at the shop of Mrs. Allegra Matsa, Odos Anexartisias 18 (tel. 0651/27-008). The Jewish community of Ioannina traces its origins to Jews who came here at least by the 13th century. The Germans removed all 5,000 or so in 1941 and took them to labor and extermination camps. After the war, about 150 survivors came back, but today only some 100 Jews still live in Ioannina.