Hajongard cemetery

Bethlen family chapel at Hajongard cemetery

Hajongard cemetery (officially Central Cemetery, in Hungarian Házsongárdi temető, from German Hasengarten), on Avram Iancu Street, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, founded in the sixteenth century. It is one of the most picturesque sights of the city. It covers an area of ca. 14 hectares.

Notable interments

• Ion Agârbiceanu, writer, journalist, politician, academician and archpriest
• Miklós Bánffy, writer, illustrator, scenographer and foreign minister of Hungary
• Sámuel Brassai, linguist and teacher
• János Apáczai Csere, humanist scholar
• Constantin Daicoviciu, historian, archaeologist, professor and communist politician
• Gheorghe Dima, composer, conductor and teacher
• Iuliu Hațieganu, physician
• Jenő Janovics, actor, scenarist and director
• Adrian Marino, essayist, critic, historian and literary theorist
• Imre Mikó, governor of Transylvania
• Emil Racoviță, savant, explorer and founder of biospeleology

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Landmarks in Cluj-Napoca Places of worship Bob Church Calvaria Church Evangelical Church Franciscan Church Greek-Catholic Cathedral Orthodox Cathedral Orthodox Church on the Hill Piarists' Church Reformed Synagogue St. Michael's Church Ss. Peter and Paul Church Unitarian Church Wolfsstreet Reformed Church Historical buildings Tailors' Bastion Basta House Hangman's House Heltai House Hintz House Kőváry House Matthias Corvinus House Wolphard-Kakas House Old Biasini Hotel Convictus Nobilium Bánffy Palace Palace of Justice Szeky Palace Statues and monuments Avram Iancu Statue Capitoline Wolf Statue Matthias Corvinus Statue Michael the Brave Statue Sports venues Stadionul Ion Moina Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Parcul Sportiv Iuliu Hatieganu Avenues and squares Avram Iancu Square Eroilor Avenue Iuliu Maniu Street Mihai Viteazul Square Regele Ferdinand Avenue Unirii Square Other sites Botanical Garden Hajongard cemetery Central Park Hungarian Theatre Hungarian Opera National Theatre Romanian National Opera

Coordinates: 46°46′48″N 23°33′34″E / 46.7800°N 23.5594°E / 46.7800; 23.5594