Founded soon after the Karaite arrived in Trakai in the late 14th century and closed in 1932, follow the history of the Karaite community in the town from the earliest crumbling headstones with Hebrew inscriptions in the northern section down to the remaining part of the low stone wall that once surrounded it complete with Western-style graves with Latin letters and ovular placeholders for the (long removed) portraits of the deceased inhabitants. To get there head north out of the town over the little metal bridge named in honour of the Karaite and take the first left. The cemetery starts immediately after the last house on the left-hand side of the track.
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Old Karaite Cemetery [Senosios Karaimų Kapinės]
Founded soon after the Karaite arrived in Trakai in the late 14th century and closed in 1932, follow the history of the Karaite community in the town from the earliest crumbling headstones with Hebrew inscriptions in the northern section down to the remaining part of the low stone wall that once surrounded it complete with Western-style graves with Latin letters and ovular placeholders for the (long removed) portraits of the deceased inhabitants. To get there head north out of the town over the little metal bridge named in honour of the Karaite and take the first left. The cemetery starts immediately after the last house on the left-hand side of the track.