Vyšehrad cemetery

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Established 1869 Type Public Date formed 1869		Country Czech Republic Phone +420 274 774 835

Address K Rotundě, Vyšehrad, Praha 2, Czechia Burials Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Karel Čapek Similar Vyšehrad, Slavín, Basilica of St Peter and St P, Martinsrotunde, Old Jewish Cemetery - Prague

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Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyšehrad cemetery (Czech: Vyšehradský hřbitov) is the final resting place of many composers, artists, sculptors, writers, and those from the world of science and politics. The centerpiece of the cemetery is the Slavín tomb designed by Antonín Wiehl, a large and notable tomb located within Vyšehrad cemetery.

Karel apek s 1890 1938 tomb in the vy ehrad cemetery

Notable interments

Some of the famous Czechs interred here:

Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), painter

Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Josef Bican (1913–2001), footballer

Josef Čapek (1887–1945), painter and writer (cenotaph)

Karel Čapek (1890–1938), writer

Antonin Chittussi (1847–1891), painter

Emmy Destinn (Ema Destinnová, 1878–1930), opera singer

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), composer

Eduard Haken (1910–1996), operatic bass

Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967), Nobel prize winning founder of polarography

Milada Horáková (1901–1950), doctor, victim of 1950s Czechoslovak communist party show trials (cenotaph)

František Hrubín (1910–1971), writer and poet, friend of Jaroslav Seifert

Rafael Kubelík (1914–1996), conductor and composer

Vilém Kurz (1872–1945), pianist and piano teacher

Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836), romantic poet

Hana Mašková (1949–1972), figure skater

Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), artist and designer

Josef Václav Myslbek (1848–1922), sculptor

Jan Neruda (1834–1891), poet and writer

Božena Němcová (1820–1862), writer, author of the novel Babička ("The Grandmother")

Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878–1962), musicologist, critic, and Communist politician

Otakar Ostrčil (1879–1935), composer and conductor of the National Theater

Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787-1869), anatomist and physiologist, known for the Purkinje effect and Purkinje cells

Olga Scheinpflugová (1902–1968), actress and wife of Karel Čapek

Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), composer

Ladislav Šaloun (1870–1946), Art Nouveau sculptor

Pavel Štěpán (1925–1998), pianist and piano teacher

Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), pianist and piano teacher

Max Švabinský (1873–1962), painter

Waldemar Matuška (1932–2009), singer and actor

References

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Contents

Karel apek s 1890 1938 tomb in the vy ehrad cemetery

Notable interments

References