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Old Jewish Cemetery (Stary zidovsky hrbitov)


Old Jewish Cemetery (Stary zidovsky hrbitov)
Siroka 3 entrance at Pinkas Synagogue
Prague 11000
Czech Republic
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“Old Jewish Cemetery (Stary zidovsky hrbitov)” Frommer's
“Stary Zidovsky Hrbitov” Fodors.com
“Prague in winter: City's beauty draws visitors outside despite the cold” canoe.ca / Canadian Press
“48 Hours In: Prague” Independent.co.uk
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #36 of 168 attractions in Prague
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The burial site for all of Prague's Jewish residents from 1439 to 1787, the cemetery is marked by moss-covered gravestones that are packed tightly... more » The burial site for all of Prague's Jewish residents from 1439 to 1787, the cemetery is marked by moss-covered gravestones that are packed tightly together and graves at least twelve layers deep. « less
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Attraction type: Historic site, Cemetery
Address: Siroka 3
entrance at Pinkas Synagogue Prague 11000
Czech Republic
Tel: 420 221 711 511
Fax: 420 221 711 584

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“Expect the least”
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2 of 5 stars
H2bomb
New York
25 Jun 2008
2/3 found this review helpful

I didn't know what to expect before going there. For being #11 on tripadvisor and first time in Prague, I thought to myself, maybe I should check it out. This site is probably a good example why Prague is over-rated as a tourist destination. Maybe I am missing something here. It is just a cemetery. How they have the audacity... more

“Amazing cemetery”
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5 of 5 stars
Kimberly530
Seattle, WA
20 Jan 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

I had wanted to see the Old Jewish Cemetery while I was in Prague, and I am glad I did! It is amazing to walk through, realizing that many of the headstones date back 300, 400, or even 500+ years! All of the headstones are written in Hebrew, so I couldn't read any of them - and many were so... more

“One of the highlights of the Jewish Museum in Prague”
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4 of 5 stars
JK01
Minneapolis, Minnesota
18 Apr 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

This is a walled cemetery with thousands of tombstones. For a very long time this was he only place where the Jews of Prague could be buried, and the crowding resulted in the maze of stones collapsed upon one another. There is a narrow path leading through the area, and visitors can only move as quickly as the person ahead.... more

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Old Jewish Cemetery (Stary zidovsky hrbitov) Address

Siroka 3 | entrance at Pinkas Synagogue, Prague 11000, Czech Republic
Tel: 420 221 711 511 Fax: 420 221 711 584