Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyšehrad Cemetery (Czech: Vyšehradský hřbitov) is the final resting...
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Inside the fort are the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul and the Vyšehrad Cemetery, containing the remains of many famous Czechs, such as Antonín Dvořák...
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Slavín (Prague) (category Cemeteries in Prague)
Slavín is a tomb at the Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague. Many notable Czech personalities are interred in the tomb. The idea of the establishment of the pantheon...
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River in central Prague. Behind the church is located large park and Vyšehrad cemetery, the final resting place of many famous Czechs, including author Karel...
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Zdeněk Fibich (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Zdeněk Fibich (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈfɪbɪx], 21 December 1850 in Všebořice – 15 October 1900 in Prague) was a Czech composer of classical music...
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Alphonse Mucha (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
banned, a huge crowd attended his interment in the Slavín Monument of Vyšehrad cemetery, reserved for notable figures in Czech culture. Mucha was and remains...
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Vítězslav Hálek (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Vítězslav Hálek (also known as Vincenc Hálek; Czech pronunciation: [ˈviːcɛslaf ˈɦaːlɛk]; 5 April 1835 – 8 October 1874) was a Czech poet, writer, journalist...
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Antonín Dvořák (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
funeral service was held on 5 May, and his remains were buried in Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague, beneath a bust by Czech sculptor Ladislav Šaloun. Many...
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Bedřich Smetana (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Týn Church in Prague's Old Town. The subsequent procession to the Vyšehrad Cemetery was led by members of the Hlahol, bearing torches, and was followed...
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Josef Bican (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
in Prague on 12 December 2001 at the age of 88, and was buried in Vyšehrad cemetery. On 25 September 2013, which would have been Bican's 100th birthday...
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Karel Čapek (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
concentration camp in April 1945. Karel Čapek and his wife are buried at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. The inscription on the tombstone reads: "Here Josef Čapek...
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death, on 9 January 2017, the ashes of Jandl were transferred to the Vyšehrad cemetery, the final resting place of many Czechoslovak personalities, thanks...
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Poděbrad Square and Havlíčkovy sady park Vyšehrad Castle with Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, Vyšehrad cemetery and Prague oldest Rotunda of St. Martin...
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Jan Neruda (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
his digestive tract caused by intestinal cancer. He was buried at Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague. His funeral became the occasion for an expression of Czech...
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Jan Evangelista Purkyně (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
(1834–1868) became a painter. He is buried in the Prague Vyšehrad National Cemetery in Vyšehrad, Prague, in modern-day Czech Republic. The Masaryk University...
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the Olšany Cemetery to alleviate the space problems faced by the Old Jewish Cemetery, it is the burial place of Franz Kafka Vyšehrad cemetery, Prague –...
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Karel Ančerl (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
from 1968 until his death in Toronto in 1973. His tomb is located in Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. Some of his notable pupils include Brian Jackson, Štěpán...
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Vladimír Neff (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Vladimír Neff (13 June 1909, Prague – 2 July 1983, Prague) was a popular Czech writer and translator. He wrote numerous historical novels, political satires...
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Emmy Destinn (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Czechoslovakia, a month before her 52nd birthday. She is interred in the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. "Song to the Moon" ("Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém") From Antonín...
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Jiří Mucha (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Jiří Mucha (12 March 1915 in Prague – 5 April 1991 in Prague) was a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter, author of autobiographical novels and studies...
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Josef Gočár (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Josef Gočár (13 March 1880 in Semín – 10 September 1945 in Jičín) was a Czech architect. He was one of the founders of modern architecture in Czech Republic...
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Jaroslav Heyrovský (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Jaroslav Heyrovský died on March 27, 1967. He was interred in the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. Many universities and seats of learning honored Heyrovský...
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Josef Václav Myslbek (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
four pairs of statues for the Palacký Bridge have been relocated to the Vyšehrad: Libuše and Přemysl, depicts Přemysl, the Ploughman and Libuše Lumír and...
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Waldemar Matuška (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Waldemar Matuška (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaldɛmar ˈmatuʃka]; July 2, 1932 – May 30, 2009) was a Czechoslovak singer who became popular in his homeland...
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Karel Hynek Mácha (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
remains were exhumed, and they were given a formal state burial at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. A statue was erected in his honor in Petřín Park, Prague...
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František Hrubín (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
přátel poezie). He died in České Budějovice and is buried at the Vyšehrad cemetery. A co básník, 1963 Až do konce lásky, 1961 Až do konce poezie: Výbor...
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Josef Jireček (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Josef Jireček (9 October 1825, in Vysoké Mýto – 25 November 1888, in Prague) was a Czech scholar. He was born in Vysoké Mýto (then part of the Austrian...
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Olga Scheinpflugová (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Olga Scheinpflugová (3 December 1902 – 13 April 1968) was a Czech actress and writer. She was a daughter of the writer, journalist and playwright Karel...
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Božena Němcová (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Grave of Božena Němcová in Vyšehrad Cemetery...
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Eduard Bass (category Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery)
Eduard Bass, born Eduard Schmidt, (1 January 1888 – 2 October 1946) was a Czech prose writer, journalist, singer, and actor. Born in Prague, he worked...
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