Vyšehrad cemetery

Vyšehrad cemetery

Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyšehrad cemetery ("Vyšehradský hřbitov" in Czech) is the final resting place of many composers, artists, sculptors, writers, and those from the world of science and politics. The centrepiece of the cemetery is the Slavín Monument designed by Antonín Wiehl and the cemetery is sometimes referred to as the Slavín cemetery.

Some of the famous Czechs interred here:
*Mikoláš Aleš (1852-1913), painter
*Karel Ančerl (1908-1973), conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra
*Josef Bican (1913-2001), footballer
*Karel Čapek (1890-1938), playwright
*Antonin Chittussi (1847-1891), painter
*Emmy Destinn (Ema Destinnová, 1878-1930), opera singer
*Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), composer
*František Hrubín (1910-1971), writer and poet, friend of Jaroslav Seifert
*Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890-1967), Nobel prize winning founder of polarography
*Milada Horáková (1901-1950), doctor, victim of 1950s Czechoslovak communist party show trials
*Rafael Kubelík (1914-1996), conductor and composer
*Karel Hynek Mácha (1810-1836), romantic poet
*Alfons Mucha (1860-1939), painter
*Josef Václav Myslbek (1848-1922), sculptor
*Jan Neruda (1834-1891), poet, writer
*Božena Němcová (1820-1862), writer, author of the novel "Babička" (The Grandmother)
*Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878-1962), musicologist, critic, and Communist politician
*Otakar Ostrčil (1879-1935), composer and conductor of the National Theater
*Olga Scheinpflugová (1902-1968), actress and wife of Karel Čapek
*Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), composer
*Ladislav Šaloun (1870-1946), Art Nouveau sculptor
*Max Švabinský (1873-1962), painter

ee also

* List of famous cemeteries

External links

* [http://www.zboray.com/graves/Praha/Vysehradsky/ Longer list of famous people buried there]


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