The Old Jewish Prague: The Second Oldest Jewish Cemetery In Europe

The Old Jewish Prague is the second oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe. You can see gravestones from various historical periods there: long black Gothic ones, marble stones from the 16 th century, typical Renaissance decoration, mighty Baroque gravestones, and some of the Rococo ones. This cemetery was founded in the April 23, 1439 and is the oldest existing graveyard from the 15th century. This Jewish element has been the foundation of the medieval Prague and has a unique look to it since the beginning. Legend has it that the Jews arrived to this place immediately after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Sources have said Jews constructed the Prague Castle in the 10th century, which is known as Lesser Quarter today. In the course of centuries a network of smaller and narrower streets was created around the main streets which were ended in small gates at the limits of the ghetto. This Old Jewish Cemetery is …show more content…
The stories are pogroms, fire, and floods. There are stories of pogroms, fires and floods. Lavish tombstones speak of the golden days in the 16th century Renaissance, when Emperor Rudolph II ruled plus do not forget the tales about the Jews defending Prague against the Swedes in 1648, during the Thirty Years’ War There are many of stories with the 12,000 tombstones to tell. Prague Jews were not aloud to be buried anywhere else other than the ghetto, and the Jewish faith does not allow the dead to be moved or buried somewhere else. Some 100,000 Jews are interred in this cemetery that inspired so many works of art and literature by leading writers and artists. One of the earliest tombstones was from 1439, which is documented in the holy place1438. Jews are known to be very good at documenting history and everything else. Moses Beck was the last person documented to be put in the Old Jewish Prague Cemetery, who was rest in peace