Tombstones in the one of Poland's oldest Kirkut, Jewish cemetery, Lesko Bieszczady Poland

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Kirkut (Jewish cemetery), with graves dating back to the sixteenth century. One of Poland's oldest Jewish cemeteries, situated on the hillside, contains over 2,000 headstones and occupies area of 4 hectares. Matzeva is a Jewish tombstone. The word matzeva originates from Hebrew word masseba, which means a monument, from the root "Yud-Sade-Bet"

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Size: 4928px × 3280px
Location: Bieszczady mountains Subcarpathian Voivodeship south-eastern Poland Europe
Photo credit: © Krystyna Szulecka / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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