ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Prague: "The Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, the Jewish Quarter, was created in the 15th century when Jews were forbidden to bury their dead outside their own district. Space was scarce, so bodies were buried on top of each other in an estimated 12 layers. Over the centuries, lopsided tombstones formed unruly, poetic groupings."The surrealist author Franz Kafka enjoyed moments of quiet reflection in the old cemetery. However, his own grave lies across town in the New Jewish Cemetery. That burial ground is half empty because the generation it was built for was transported to Nazi death camps."
--- about.com
more about the cemetery at jewishmuseum.cz. more graveyards on this site.
Saturday 10 December 2005
12,000 stones 100,000 graves in prague's old jewish cemetery
4 comments // 85mm f1.8 lens, textures, travel
Really beautiful, sensitive photos. Thanks!
gorgeous images of a haunting place. i didn't get a chance to visit this spot when i was in prague years ago.
Makes me think of Pere Lachaise in Paris. There's the same feeling of presence, although the stones look completely different and there is also a strong sinister quality here, probably due a lot to the black/white.
Beautiful. I'm envious.
i love that place, where is it??.. i from mexico =O
