Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
The Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo is one of the most important memorial complexes in Europe and the second-largest early modern Jewish sacred complex on the continent, after Prague. It is located in the southwestern part…
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The Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo is one of the most important memorial complexes in Europe and the second-largest early modern Jewish sacred complex on the continent, after Prague. It is located in the southwestern part of Sarajevo, in the Kovačići and Debelo Brdo area, covering 30,000 m². It was established next to an older necropolis of stećci, and 1630 is considered the reliable year of its founding.
Beneath 3,850 gravestones lie generations of Sephardic families who built and shaped Sarajevo over the centuries. Its special value lies in the unique Sephardic gravestones — unmatched in shape and symbolic motifs by any other Jewish cemetery in the world. The complex also includes the cemetery chapel, memorial ossuaries, and a monument to the victims. It was declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004.
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