Jewish Symmetry – Prague
It was surprisingly small and until 1787 this was the only place that Jews could be buried in Prague and there an estimated hundred thousand bodies (twelve layers deep) and twelve thousand gravestones here. There is no order to the gravestones at all and they appeared untidy and arbitrary like a mouthful of rotten old teeth pointing randomly in every decrepit direction.
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Tagged Bohemia, Charles Bridge, Czech Republic, jewish burial society, Jewish Cemetery, Life, Photography, postaday, Prague, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
Jewish Cemetery- Prague
It was surprisingly small and until 1787 this was the only place that Jews could be buried in Prague and there an estimated hundred thousand bodies (twelve layers deep) and twelve thousand gravestones here. There is no order to the gravestones at all and they appeared untidy and arbitrary like a mouthful of rotten old teeth pointing randomly in every decrepit direction.
Posted in Czech Republic, Europe, History, Literature, Prague, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Bohemia, Charles Bridge, Czech Republic, jewish burial society, Jewish Cemetery, Life, Photography, postaday, Prague, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
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