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Cemetery Attractions In Southern Poland

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Cemetery Attractions In Southern Poland

  • 5. Mater Dolorosa Cemetery Bytom
    Mater Dolorosa cemetery is a historical cemetery in Bytom, Poland. Its origins date to the 19th century, with a neo-Gothic chapel, designed by Hugo Heer, dating from 1882. It is the most important cemetery in the city, and has been designed as a monument since 1987. The cemetery is situated at the junction of Jainty, Kwietniewskiego and Piekarska streets, Mater Dolorosa Cemetery is Bytom's most important necropolis. Its monuments have been recorded in a video 'walking tour'. During a 2009 vote the cemetery was voted as one of the Seven Architectural Wonders of the Silesian Voivodeship.
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  • 11. Jewish Cemetery Lesko
    The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, thanks to a long period of statutory religious tolerance and social autonomy. This ended with the Partitions of Poland which began in 1772, in particular, with the discrimination and persecution of Jews in the Russian Empire. During World War II there was a nearly complete genocidal destruction of the Polish Jewish community by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, during the 1939–1945 German occupation of Poland and the ensuing Holocaust. Since the fall of communism in Poland, there has been a Jewish revival, featuring an annual Jewish Culture Festival, new study programs at Polish ...
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  • 12. Rakowicki Cemetery Krakow
    Rakowicki Cemetery is a cemetery in Poland, located in the centre of Kraków. It lies within the Administrative District No. 1 Stare Miasto meaning Old Town – distinct from with the historic Kraków Old Town further west. Founded at the beginning of the 19th century when the region was part of Austria-Hungary, the cemetery was expanded several times, and at present covers an area of about 42 hectares. Many notable Cracovians, among them the parents of Pope John Paul II, are buried here.
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  • 13. New Jewish Cemetery Krakow
    The New Jewish Cemetery in Kraków, Poland covers an area of about 4.5 hectares . It is located at Miodowa 55–58 Street, in the historic Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz. The Cemetery is a registered heritage monument featuring a well-preserved historical mortuary.
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