![]() In the second half of 1980´s a television tower was built in the park territory. In this part tombstones with the noted Jewish personalities are situated. However, the oldest part of the cemetery remained preserved and it was then separated from the park by a wall. Therefore it was l argely cancelled in 1960´s and later turned into a park – Mahlerovy sady. Also a great number of tombstones was destroyed. The cemetery was in function until 1890 when a new Jewish cemetery was founded.Īfter WW2 it was left unkept and started to deteriorate and gradually grow over. It was caused by a strict prohibition of burials inside the town. Burials started here again in the 18th century at the period of a plague epidemic and afterwards regularly after 1787. The cemetery was founded in 1680 as a pest cemetery for the Prague Jewish community. It had been mentioned in many articles already and now we will finally visit the place, recall and see another of the historical places which ranks among very significant Jewish sights.Īll about: The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague´s Žižkov (Starý židovský hřbitov na Žižkově) read here ![]() Not too far from the Žižkov TV Tower in Mahlerovy sady (Mahler Gardens) the old Jewish Cemetery is to be found. The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague´s Žižkov
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