The Grave of the Jewish rabbi Eliezer Papo

Eliezer Papo is a Jewish rabbi from the late 18^th and early 19^th century, one of the 12 most honored rabbis. The grave was discovered on the banks of the Danube River, built as a place for memorial-religious complex in his honor. Eliezer Papo was born in Sarajevo, but lived and worked in Bucharest as chief rabbi, physician and philosopher. During the Russian-Turkish War in 1829 arrived in Silistra, where he rescues the local population from the exploded in the camp of the Russian army cholera epidemic, creating quarantine "belts" and infirmaries on their fellow citizens. Because of its proximity to patients, however, becomes infected and dies.
Location: Bulgaria,Silistra district, Silistra Municipality, city of Silistra