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Day 7 AM Old Jewish Cemetery & Klaus Synagogue

By Willis Chung
Mar 04, 2018
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Day 7 AM Old Jewish Cemetery & Klaus Synagogue

Mar 04, 2018
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In the Uber car, heading to the Old Jewish Cemetery, St. Thomas Church across the river.

Entering the Pinkas Synagogue after getting our tickets. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Panels of names of victims of the Czech and Moravian Holocaust victims. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

More of the 77,297 names of the victims of the Holocaust. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

The synagogue was turned into a memorial for the Holocaust victims. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Closeup of the panels with the Holocaust victims' names. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Looking down on the gallery from above. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Out to the cemetery. The older stones have flat tops. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Many old stones (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Going counterclockwise around the cemetery, starting around the south side. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

A newer stone standing out against the older stones (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Maimonides' tomb in the distance. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Blackbird amongst the gravestones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Very crowded in the older section, sometimes up to 10 deep. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Walking amidst the stones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

How does the pink stone stay pink? (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Going around from the south side to the east side (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

I believe this is Lithodora, or Grace Ward. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

I like the contrast of the lighter and darker stones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Stacking of the stones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

A small snail exploring a leaning stone. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Stone in the light (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Back to the middle of the south side for another superwide shot. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Stones in the morning light and shadows. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Slightly newer stone with a triangular top, and the purple flowers of the ground cover. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Small stones set on the tops of some of the gravestones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Notes and prayers left on headstones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Spring with the trees starting to bud in late March. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Stones and chips on a gravestone. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Some of the stones on the east side with the sun coming onto the buildings to the west. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Some of the different flowers in the cemetery (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Stones for more prayers. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Newer gravestone (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Back to a more crowded part of the cemetery. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Stacked stones of a different type (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Leaning stones in the shade. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Fragments of gothic tombstones from the mid 14th century (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Notes left in the niches. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

More niches, more notes. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Stones in the morning sun. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Wall with more recovered headstones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Maimonides' tomb, from the north side. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Oblique morning sun making the inscriptions stand out better. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

A pair of blessing hands, headstone of a Cohen. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Different blue flowers for ground cover. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

A mossy stone. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Delicate pinks on the backs of these stones. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Northwest corner of the cemetery. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Headstone of Rabbi Loew (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Many notes and prayers for Rabbi Loew (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Lion of Judah (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Lion of Judah, with a ladybug with white spots, an orange ladybird. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

One way out, I wonder where it goes. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

If I read the flag correctly, this is an Italian tour group. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Maybe more Lithodora. (Old Jewish Cemetery, Praha, Czechia)

Back inside the Pinkas Synagogue, exhibits from life in old Prague. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Pinkas Synagogue, main museum hall. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

An arc for storage of Torahs. Very impressive and beautiful. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Stained glass details. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

More stained glass action. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Peeking outside at the Old Jewish Cemetery (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Museum viewed from the upper gallery. An unusually bright and airy space for a museum. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Morning light coming through the stained glass, making patterns on the wall. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Displays of home life in the Jewish quarter. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

More stained glass details. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Crystal and stained glass, a good combination. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Carved Hebrew is particularly striking with regular shadows. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

Old Jewish Cemetery from inside the Klaus Synagogue.

Some of the fine things preserved in the museum. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

A scooter tour arrives at the Pinkas Synagogue as we finish up. (Pinkas Synagogue, Praha, Czechia)

On to the Old-New Synagogue next! (Praha, Czechia)

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