The article refers to the burial habits of the Jewish culture and value of the Jewish cemeteries from the point of view of cultural monuments. It offers an example of the functional and architectural renewal of the approximately 250 years old Jewish cemetery in Nitra. The projects in total number of 8 have been created by students of the 8th Semester of Landscape architecture of Slovak Agriculture University in Nitra in cooperation with Jewish community in Nitra and City of Nitra