For the most part of its history, the Siena synagogue was of the Italian rite. But since the 70's it is "one of ours". ;) In the 17th century, there was a small group of Portuguese Jews who had their own private synagogue outside of the ghetto. The local Italian Jews made sure they were denied the right to open an official synagogue inside the ghetto, and personally I can see irony in the fact that their own synagogue ended up being Portuguese. ;)Unfortunately the community is small and not very active, and the main building is not able to be used at the moment due to damage from an earthquake.