Prague: Jewish Quarter
japra | Mar 12, 2008 | Comments 5
Just catching up on the trip we took to Prague last October. If you missed the other posts, you can read “Beautiful but watch your back,” “Old Town Square,” and “A Walk to Charles Bridge”.
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Prague’s Jewish Quarter is a living museum full of rich history. I wish we had signed up for a guided tour, though. The only information we had was from our Rick Steves’ guidebook. It was fine, but a guide would have been better.
Clock in the Jewish Quarter.
The Old New Synagogue, Europe’s oldest active synagogue, was built in 1270. It was just one of five synagogues we saw during our visit to the Quarter.
The Jewish Ceremonial Hall, built in the early 1900s. Behind it is the famous cemetery.
More than 12,000 people are buried here (1439-1787). You need to pay a special fee to take pictures here, by the way. Most of the buildings have a no photo rule inside and they are very strict about it.
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About the Author: JaPRA is an expat Texan living in England with her husband (Mr. DJ), their 17-year old daughter (Roxi), and their dog Trudy.
That looks so cool! And I happen to love visiting old cemetaries. That one would be amazing to see.
Alyson–Yes, it was amazing. I just wish I could have read the tombstones.
More beautiful pictures!
Pictures are great! So where you wearing said “ballet flats”? Our family has an old cemetary out in East Texas – near Groveton. Anyway, I have some charcoal rubbings of some of the engravings on the headstones. I think they are kind neat.
Laurie–Thanks :-)
texasgal–Thank goodness no, I was wearing nice, sensible boots with thick socks. It was soooo cold and my Texas blood is still a little thin ;-)