Walking to the end of U starého hřbitova Street, you'll come to the main entrance of Židovský hřbitov (the Jewish Cemetery), one of the most famous cemeteries in the world, which was founded in the middle of the 15th century. The oldest tomb is from the year 1439, while the most recent is from 1787. Some 12,000 stones, practically piled on top of one another for lack of space, present the visitor with a broken and mysterious landscape. The most famous person to be buried here is Rabbi Low, to whom legend attributes the creation of the Golem, an artificial man. It is said that the body of the Golem lies a cellar spmewhere in Prague, waiting to return to life.
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