Old Jewish Cemetery, Sarajevo
The OId Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the slopes of Trebević mountain, in the Kovačići-Debelo Brdo area, in the south-western part of the city. It is the largest Jewish cemetery in Southeast Europe, and second largest sepulchral complex in Europe after the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. It was in use for approximately four hundred years from the beginning of the 16th or 17th century, but most likely from 1630 until 1966.
Old Jewish Cemetery, Sarajevo
The main gate with a fountain
Inscription over the main gate
Temple (Ciduk Adin) near main entrance with an old wall
Moshe ben Rafael Attias, also known as Moshe Rafajlović and Zeki Effendi, was a Bosnian Jew who became a scholar of the Islamic faith and of medieval Persian literature.
Moshe ben Rafael Atijas