We have seen in several posts the area around “Piazza Cavour”.“Via Cairoli” joins “Piazza Cavour” with our other main square “Piazza Grande”, reaching the apse of the Cathedral where, before the last war, there was a beautiful fountain.
It takes its name from the Cairoli brothers (Benedetto, Ernesto, Luigi, Enrico, Giovanni) who fought and fell in the wars for the Italian unification. Benedetto, the only surviving brother, became a respected politician and statesman.
Before 1784 the street was called “Via delle Quattro Cantonate degli Ebrei” (Street of the Four Corners of the Jews) because, at the time, most of the Jewish families lived in the area at the intersection with “Via del Tempio” (Temple Street), leading to the Old Synagogue.The above picture is taken just from that point, “Via del Tempio” is the street on the left, now leading to the new Synagogue, while in the middle we see the apse of our Cathedral.
From the apse of the Cathedral looking back to “Piazza Cavour”.
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