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Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vysehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vysehrad cemetery 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 Slavin Monument designed by Antonin Wiehl and the cemetery is sometimes referred to as the Slavin cemetery.Some of the famous Czechs interred here:
- Karel Capek (1890-1938), playwright
- Antonin Chitussi (1847-1891), painter
- Emma Destinn (1878-1930), opera singer
- Antonín Dvorák, (1841-1904), composer
- Frantisek Hrubin , (1910-1971), writer and poet, friend of Jaroslav Seifert
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890-1967), Nobel prize winning founder of polarography
- Rafael Kubelík ( 1914-1996), composer
- Karel Hynek Mácha (1810-1836), romantic poet
- Alfons Mucha (1860- 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26), painter
- Josef Václav Myslbek (1848-1922), sculptor
- Jan NerudaJan Nepomuk Neruda ( July 9, 1834 August 22, 1891) was a Czech writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of " the May school". Jan Neruda was born in Prague, Bohemia, son of a small grocer who lived in the Ma (1834-1891), poet, writer
- Božena NemcováBozena Nemcova born on 4 February 1820 in Vienna, died on 21 January 1862 in Prague was one of the most influential Czech writers of the National Revival movement. Ne\ Ne\ Nemcova, Bozena. (1820-1862), writer, author of the novel The Grandmother
- Olga Scheinpflugova (1902- 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the), actress and wife of Karel Capek
- Bedrich SmetanaBedrich Smetana ( March 2, 1824 LitomySl May 12, 1884 Prague) was a Czech composer, remembered especially for his set of six symphonic poems Ma vlast My Country . Smetana was a son of a brewer. He studied piano and violin from a young age, and played in t (1824-1884), composer
- Max Svabinsky (1873-1962), painter
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- List of famous cemeteriesThis is a list of famous cemeteries mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. Please add as needed. Argentina La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires burial site of Eva Peron, Juan Manuel Fangio Cementerio de la Chacarita in Buenos Aires, Arge
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