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Old Jewish Cemetery
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Closed Open from 1/1-3/27,9:00am-4:30pm;Open from 3/29-10/23,9:00am-6:00pm;Open from 10/25-12/31,9:00am-2:00pm
Recommended Sightseeing Time: 1-2 hours
Address: Siroka 23/3 | entrance at Pinkas Synagogue, Prague 110 00, Czech Republic
Official website: http://www.jewishmuseum.cz
Phone: 222-317-191
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Seriously creepy experience being here. Apparently bodies were buried several layers deep to save space.
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If you want to experience calm tranquility combined with visual profoundness, visit the Old Jewish Cemetery when you are in Prague. You are only able to see around 12,000 tombstones that are visible, there are layers upon layers of graves that contain the bones of around 100,000 people in total. Since graves were dug up and reburied so many times, the effects of time have left thousands of crooked and angled tombstones. There is limited area to navigate between some of them because of how they have moved. Hours can be spent viewing the tombs that are piled one on top of another and looking at tombstones that are hundreds of years old.
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Seriously creepy experience being here. Apparently bodies were buried several layers deep to save space.
This is the most amazing cemetery I have ever seen. So many graves stacked upon one another with the stones leaning each and every direction! Make sure you see the tombstone of Rabbi Low, who is associated with the legend of the Golem. Visitors leave stones and coins along with their prayers at his tombstone.
The Old Jewish Cemetery is located in Prague's Jewish Quarter. The cemetery dates back to the early fifteenth century. There are over ten thousand tombstones, but it is thought that there are about one-hundred thousand buried here. There are thought to be as many as twelve layers of graves in this cemetery, which would explain why the gravestones are so close together.
A must see. Very somber. Visit the museums--very moving. The cemetery is layered 6 to eight stones deep. So shameful for the Jewish history in Prague. There is a charge to take pictures and a charge for the museums. Well worth the price. Vendors line the streets up to the cemetery.
This site was really interesting. Shell out the extra cash for a tour of the cemetery. I was able to follow the American tour in front of me to get all the background info on the graves.