Photo Tour of Old Town Prague

By Kerry Kubilius, About.com Guide

In the Josefov area, or Jewish Quarter, of Old Town lies the Old Jewish Cemetery. Cluttered with ancient tombstones, the Old Jewish Cemetery contains about 12,000 tombstones - which are now undergoing conservation by the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Josefov was Prague's Jewish ghetto, and this cemetery was never intended to hold centuries' worth of Josefov residents - but, unfortunately, it does. Consequently, bodies are buried 12 deep in some areas of the cemetery. Understandably, this is the reason tombstones confusedly clutter the too-small space.