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Cemetery of the Week #59: Vysehrad Cemetery
Vyšehradsky Hrbitov 11 V Pevnosti, Prague 128 00, Czech Republic Telephone: +420 2 4141 0348 Founded: 1869, in its present incarnation Number of interments: Approximately 650 Open: May-September from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., until 5 p.m. from November to … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery of the Week, Famous person's grave
Tagged Czech cemeteries, Prague cemetery, sculpture, statuary, Vysehrad Cemetery
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Cemetery of the Week #39: the New Jewish Cemetery of Prague
Novy Zidovsky Hrbitov Vinohradská at Jana Zelivského Vinohrady, Prague, Bohemia, 120 00, Czech Republic Telephone: I’ve found 3 on the internet, all of them different. Established: 1890 Size: 25 acres Number of burials: 15,000 under more than 5000 stones. Open: … Continue reading
The Ossuary as Memento Mori
Memento Mori by Bohdan Chlibec My rating: 5 of 5 stars My husband Mason bought me this beautiful book at the Franz Kafka Bookstore on the Old Town Square in Prague. It’s listed on Amazon.com for $140, but let me … Continue reading
Cemetery of the Week #38: the Bone Chapel of Kutná Hora
Sedlec Ossuary (Kostnice) Zamecká 127, Kutná Hora – Sedlec, 284 03 Czech Republic Information Center telephone +420 326 551 049 English email: ic@sedlec.info Founded: After 1400 Number of skeletons: up to 40,000 Open: Daily November – February from 9 a.m. … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery of the Week, Church burial
Tagged bones, crypt, Czech cemeteries, Kutna Hora, ossuary
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Czech graveyards as community records
Old Bohemian and Moravian Jewish Cemeteries by Arno Parik My rating: 3 of 5 stars Arno Parik’s introduction opens with the Talmudic law that the dead are to be guaranteed the eternal inviolability of their graves. When founding these historic … Continue reading
