A crypt with fragments of ancient gravestones from Jewish cemetery found in Odesa

During the restoration of the Vorontsov colonnade in Odessa, a crypt with a vaulted ceiling was found under the belvedere. According to the project “Jewish News”, in the room, which is threatened with subsidence, 300 fragments of ancient tombstones were found.

Probably they were transferred here in the 30's of the past century after the destruction of the first Jewish Cemetery. Two Austrian shells of the First World War and a fuel tank dating back to the Second World War were also found.