Mirogoj Cemetery

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The Mirogoj Cemetery is considered to be one of the most beautiful cemetery parks in Europe and, thanks to its design, numbers among the more noteworthy landmarks in the City of Zagreb.

The cemetery was begun in 1876 on a plot of land owned by the linguist Ljudevit Gaj.

Architect Hermann Bollé designed the main building. The construction of the arcades, the cupolas, and the church in the entryway was begun in 1879. Work was finished in 1929.

In the arcades are the last resting places of many famous Croatians.

The cemetery inters members of all religious groups: Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant and irreligious graves can all be found.

Contents 1 List of famous people buried in Mirogoj 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] List of famous people buried in Mirogoj

• Ljudevit Gaj - Co-founder of the Illyrian mouvement
• Vladko Maček - Co-signatory of the Cvetkovic-Macek Agreement
• Maximilian Njegovan - Austro-Hungarian admiral
• Dražen Petrović - Basketball Hall of Famer
• Vladimir Prelog - Nobel prize-winning chemist
• Stjepan Radić - Leader of the Croatian Peasant Party

[edit] See also

• History of Zagreb

[edit] References

• The information in this article is based a translation of its German equivalent.

[edit] External links

• (Croatian) cemetery official site
• article about the Mirogoj