Dark sights in Chişinău
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Memorial Park
Bounded by Str A Mateevici and Str Ismail is a Memorial Park, dominated by a victory memorial to the Soviet army in 1945. An eternal flame burns in the centre in memory of Chişinău's unknown soldiers who died in WWII. Soldiers' graves line the boundaries of the park and there is a small military cemetery at its northern end. In the centre of the park is a memorial to those who died during the fight for Moldovan independence in the early nineties.
At the far northern end of the park is the civil cemetery.
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1903 Memorial
In Parcul Alunelul there is a 1903 Memorial to the Jews killed in the 1903 pogrom. The remains of the victims were moved here after the cemetery in which they were buried was bulldozed by the Communists in the 1960s. To get to the park and cemetery take bus 1 from B-dul Ştefan cel Mare and get off at the Parcul Alunelul stop. Cross the road and walk up the hill and along Str Milano.
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Civil Cemetery
At the far northern end of the memorial park is the Civil Cemetery, known locally as the Armenian cemetery, whose main entrance is on the corner of Str A Mateevici and Str Armenească. The blue-and-silver-domed All Saints Church in the centre of the cemetery dates from 1830.
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Jewish Cemetery
The city's Jewish Cemetery is northwest of the centre, next to Parcul Alunelul. Most graves are unkempt and overgrown. Ruins of an old synagogue lie next to the cemetery's surrounding stone wall.
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Chişinău Prison
The overcrowded Chişinău Prison is one block east of the civil cemetery, opposite the Pitii Market.
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