June 2007, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Falls Road, old cemetery. We went to Belfast to see the city and the famous murals, and walking down the Falls Road we got to the beautiful old cemetery. To be honest - it is the most beautiful cemetery I have seen so far both in Ireland and UK. With its sculptures, graves, nice alleys it reminds me old continental cemeteries especially some parts of old Ogrodowa Street cemetery in Lodz, Poland. Camera: Konica Minolta A1 DiMage
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Old cemetery in Lodz at Ogrodowa Street. This old cemetery in Lodz is a burial place of most of the noble men of Lodz of 3 Christian religions. The cemetery is divided to Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran section. The founders of modern Lodz are buried there - Karol Scheibler (owner one of the biggest factories and the founder of workers colony - Ksiezy Mlyn), Henryk & Ludwik Grohman, Gustaw & Emil & Ludwik Geyer (factory owners), Robert Biedermann (factory founder) & Alfred Biedermann (factory owner, chairman of the Tramway Company in Lodz), Ludwik Anstadt (director of Lodz brewery in 19th century), Johan Petersilge (printer of the first newspapers in Lodz - Łódzkie Ogłoszenia - Łodźer Anzeiger (bilingual, German title has Polish letters in name of the town) and Lodzer Zeitung) and many more. These photos came from Lutheran (mixed Polish and German) part of the cemetery. Camera: Samsung GX10
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Another photo of Old Jewish Cemetery in Kazimierz district of Krakow (Cracow), Poland. Photo taken during my yesterday’s trip to that city. This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Poland where the dead had being buried from 16th till 19th century. The cemetery is placed in the heart of the Jewish district and lies just behind the only one open orthodox synagogue (of 7 synagogues in Kazimierz). Camera: Samsung GX 10.
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Old Jewish cemetery in Kazimierz - Jewish district of Cracow / Krakow. The graves in the snow look so romantic. Kazimierz as an independent town that lied on the other side of Wisla river was erected in 14th century by Polish King Kazimierz The Great who invited Jews to Krakow. He knew that Jews would bring the culture, rise economy and make Krakow place much richer and stronger. In 1495 Jews from Krakow were moved to Kazimierz and it remained Jewish till the 2nd World War when closed in the ghetto that was finally closed down and all the Jews were sent to death camps. After the war the district was left without attention and was slowly turning into ruin. Since the fall of communism Kazimierz has being under renovation and restoration of the Jewish culture. Nowadays there is about 150 native Jews in Krakow.
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