The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin is a local government cultural institution. It works towards the preservation of cultural heritage and education. Its function is tied to the symbolic and historical meaning of the Centre’s location in the Grodzka Gate, which used to divide Lublin into its respective Christian and Jewish quarters, as well as to Lublin as a meeting place of cultures, traditions and religions.

Part of the Centre are the House of Words and the Lublin Underground Trail.

The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin is a local government cultural institution. It works towards the preservation of cultural heritage and education. Its function is tied to the symbolic and historical meaning of the Centre’s location in the Grodzka Gate, which used to divide Lublin into its respective Christian and Jewish quarters, as well as to Lublin as a meeting place of cultures, traditions and religions.

Part of the Centre are the House of Words and the Lublin Underground Trail.

Old Jewish cemetery in Lublin

Old Jewish cemetery in Lublin

The old Jewish cemetery in Lublin is situated on a loess hill once called the Grodzisko (“the gorod site”, “the settlement”) to the south-west of the Old Town and the Lublin Castle, in what is now the Kalinowszczyzna district. The cemetery is surrounded by a stone and brick wall, built probably in the 16th/17th century. There are two entrances to the cemetery. Nowadays, they are located in Sienna and Kalinowszczyzna streets respectively. Most tombstones were completely destroyed during World War II. Nevertheless, the original site of the cemetery has survived.

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