Picture taken 29 october 2006 in the for

One of the first ghettos dates back to 1555 in Rome, Italy. Pope IV decreed all Jews must live in this confined area.

Rome, ITALY: Picture taken 29 october 2006 in the former Jewish ghetto on the banks of the Tiber in central Rome. The ghetto dates from 1555, during the Inquisition, when Pope Paul IV decreed that all Jews must live in a confined area. Jewish residents are being ?expelled? from the second oldest Jewish ghetto in Europe by wealthy VIPs buying up property, according to Italian Jewish leaders. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)