Sofia Jewish Section
Cemetery Information
Country
Bulgaria
Region
Sofia City
District
Grad Sofiya
Settlement
Sofiya
Site address
14, Orlandovtsi Zavodska Street.
GPS coordinates
42.7177995, 23.3348366
Perimeter length
940 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Only one side adjacent to Prva Blgarska Army Street.
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
The cemetery is in good godition and well maintained. The cemetery has a beit-tahara and a Second World War mass grave with a Communist-era monument. Some gravestones on display near the beit-tahara were obviously brought from a different – probably demolished – cemetery, one of the stones may date as early as 1686.
Number of existing gravestones
over 700
Date of oldest tombstone
the earliest documented date – 1907. Some gravestones were probably brought from elsewhere, one of them tentatively dating to 1686.
Date of newest tombstone
operating
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
Yes
