Jewish Quarter

Nearby the old jew town hall, there is a series of sinagogues on an L form space, an old graveyard crowded by thousands of gravestones.

It's a singular place. From 1478 until the 18th-century jews could only be buried here. Approximately 100.000 persons are buried in this graveyard. There are interesnting gravestones of noblemen and rabbins.

It's a chaotic place. The lack of space obliged to make up to 12 layer graves. The 12,000 tombstones are pressed togehter with almost no grass between them.

The Staronová is one of the most interesting sinagogues, the oldest in Europe, and place of worship since 1270

It's of primitive gothic style, and, besides it's historical and architectural interest, it holds important hebrew manuscripts and the famous city's jewish flag.

There are some other sinagogues in this quarter; among them; Pinkas, Maisel and the Spanish sinagogue.

Beside the cementery, we find the Museum of Decorative Arts, with modernist pieces. Not far away, St. Ines convent.

The convent was founded in the 13th-century by King Wenceslas's sister. It has beautiful gothic dependencies and holds a magnificent Czech art collection from the 19th-century.  

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