Municipal Cemetery Of Pazardzhik/Pazardjik

Source: http://www.heritageabroad.gov/Portals/0/Reports%20and%20Surveys/Bulgaria%20Jewish%20sites%202011%20(1).pdf?ver=2016-02-24-124025-147 According to a legend, the Sephardi Jews settled here as early as 1492. At the time of the survey, the Jewish population consisted of about 45 people. The Jewish cemetery is part of the municipal cemetery and it is still in use. It is surrounded by a fence with no gate. It is 660 square meters in size and is divided between old and new sections, with the latter established after 1991. The old section contains about 720 gravestones and the new section contains about 100. The stones are made of granite and marble with inscriptions in Bulgarian and Hebrew. The graves in the old section date from the 19th century while most of the graves in the new section date from the 20th century. The Jewish community occasionally clears the overgrowth.