Beyond appearances...

You know that Czech superstore I was telling you about earlier? You know, the Tesco? I mentioned later that it had a kind of sketchy courtyard that was home to many a drunk bum--often brandishing puppies? Well, it seems there is more to that courtyard than a market and the homeless.



On my tour of the Jewish quarter (synogauges, cemetery, monuments, etc), I found out something quite unbelievable.

Beneath the Tesco lies an old Jewish cemetery.

The "Old Jewish Cemetery" of the Jewish quarter is not the oldest Jewish burial ground; people did die and need burials before the 15th century, obviously. Apparently, before the 10th century, there was such a cemetery that lies beneath the Tesco. In other areas of the town, as well, there are remenants of random cemeteries. Several fragments of the Tesco cemetery are preserved in the Josefov quarter. But the bodies remain.

Who would have known?

The only thing that bothers me is that the fruitmarket of Tesco is in the basement....