A Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Via Mei, behind the municipal one of Cigna, is more recent than the other in Via Ippolito Nievo (which only preserves bodies from the nineteenth century and is in a state of decay) since it was opened in 1900. It is of great historical value, the tombstones and cenotaphs (not the remains) of the very first cemeteries of the Jewish community, even dating back to the seventeenth century, now demolished, are here.

With the Livornine laws of 1593 the Jewish community became increasingly numerous in the city and requested larger burial grounds. The Jewish law wants the body to be…