JEWISH TOMBSTONES AT BAYRAKLI MOSQUE


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The other Jewish remnants in Samokov are a few Jewish gravestones now scattered in very unlikely locations. 

You will need more concentration when you go to visit 19th century Bayrakli Mosque in the centre of town. Explore the floor of its porch carefully and you will see a number of "reused" Jewish tombstones, with inscriptions in Hebrew, Ladino and French. They were added to the mosque as late as the 1960s during renovations. 

Old Jewish tombstones were used to cover the floor of Bayrakli Mosque porch​

 

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