Obj. ID: 17379
Funerary Art Jewish cemetery in Dubrovnik, Croatia
According to ESJF, the Boninovo Jewish cemetery was established in 1911 as part of the municipal cemetery. It contained over 200 graves, including approximately 30 tombstones transferred from the Old Jewish cemetery. A small but well-maintained cemetery chapel was also present. The Boninovo cemetery remained active until 1994 and was noted for its ceremonial hall. The property was nationalized in 1958 but protected as a Historical Landmark.
There are several main types of tombstones with inscriptions in Hebrew, Ladino, and Croatian. These include:
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Traditional Sephardic-style horizontal slabs with ornamental carvings;
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Hebrew-inscribed horizontal tombs with Turkish-influenced ornamentation (such as suns, moons, stars, and stylized plant motifs);
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Horizontal tombs shaped like sarcophagi, with peaked or gabled roofs and Hebrew inscriptions on the sides in Ashkenazi style.
As of 2021, there were 218 gravestones and one grave without a headstone. The cemetery is enclosed by a 3-meter-high stone wall.
Date of oldest tombstone: 1811 (one of the older stones collected near the cemetery wall is dated 1799).
Date of newest tombstone: 2019
sub-set tree: 
"Dubrovnik Boninovo Jewish Cemetery,"
The European Jewish
Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF), https://www.esjf-cemeteries.org/survey/dubrovnik-boninovo-jewish-cemetery/.