Kerepesi Cemetery
Address:
Fiumei út 16 District VIII
near Eastern Railway Station
Budapest, Hungary
Phone:
323–5100
Description:
Kerepesi Cemetery is one of the largest memorial grounds in Europe, covering over 136 acres, thus also making it one of the grandest outdoor statue parks. After the first burial in 1849, city authorities declared Kerepesi Cemetery as honored ground in 1885. Hence, you will find the interment of an extensive number of the Hungarians elite including politicians, composers, actors and actresses, sculptors, scientists, and writers amongst others. The number of ornate tombs and mausoleums offer a wide variety of artwork worth seeing. Blaha Lujza, the Hungarian Sarah Bernhardt's tomb is a grander than life statue of her sprawled on a bed with small angels on the corners to do her bidding. Chess masters headstones are chessboards, while artisans have similar life reflecting remembrances. History buffs will also find most intriguing the separate section for the victims of the 1956 revolution as well as another section for the communists who died while in power.
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