Ladee's Travels

The Pinkas Synagogue was built in 1535 by Aaron Horowitz between his house and the old Jewish Cemetery.  It was initially a public synagogue but later made private and named after Pinkas, a Prague rabbi and Horowitz's grandson.  The entrance door. From this point there are no photos allowed inside.  Connected to the museum is a display of the art work of the children housed at Terezin concentration camp near Prague.   http://kurioso.es/english-2/the-kids-who-lived-and-drew-the-holocaust/ This is a sample of the memorial to the holocaust victims.  The towns and names of those lost.  This is not my photo but found online.  We left the museum and walked through the old Jewish Cemetery.  It was in use from the early 15th century through 1787.  It is unknown how many are actually in the cemetery because the tombs are layered.  There are approximately 12, 000 tombstones (another site says 20,000) and an estimated 100,000 burials. ...

[Prague from the Bus Window] After a long day at the Prague Castle, it was nice to sit in a cool bus and visit more areas of Prague.  We drove through Old Town from the river to the Art Deco Imperial Hotel.  The Four Seasons Hotel Prague. Nová Radnice - The Prague New City Hall is located in Marianske Square  is the seat of the Prague Municipal Authority and the highest body of the municipal legislature - the Prague City Assembly headed by the Mayor and the City Council. The National Library of Czech Republic (Narodni knihovna Ceske Republiky) is located in the historical Clementinum building.  At one time this building was the third largest Jesuit University in the world.  More views of Old Town  An antique store.