VyÅ¡ehrad cemetery

The Vyšehrad cemetery (Czech: Vyšehradský hřbitov ), is the most famous cemetery in the city of Prague and was established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad castle. The cemetery is known as the final resting place of many important personalities of the Czech nation. At the cemetery, the composers Antonín Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana, as well as the Nobel laureate Jaroslav Heyrovský include buried. Also to be found at the cemetery area the tombs of other famous personalities of Czech origin.

In the middle of the cemetery is the monument of sculptor Antonín Wiehl Slavín, which serves as a mausoleum and final resting place for most outstanding personalities of the Czech people.

Personalities

Individuals who found their last resting place in this cemetery:

Aleš (1852-1913), painter
Karel Ančerl (1908-1973), conductor
Vlasta Burian (1891-1962), actor
Karel Čapek (1890-1938), writer
Antonín Chittussi (1847-1891), painter
Ema Destinová ( Ema Destinnová 1878-1930 ), opera singer
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), composer
Edward Hook (1910-1996), opera singer
Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890-1967), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1959
Milada Horáková (1901-1950), resistance fighter and women's rights activist
František Hrubín (1910-1971), writer
Rafael Kubelik (1914-1996), conductor and composer
Vilém Short (1872-1945), pianist
Karel Hynek Macha (1810-1836), poet
Hana Mašková (1949-1972), figure skater
Waldemar Matuška (1932-2009), singer and actor
Alfons Mucha (1860-1939), painter
Josef Václav Myslbek (1848-1922), sculptor
Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878-1962), historian, musicologist and politicians
Bozena Nemcova (1820-1862), writer
Jan Neruda (1834-1891), journalist and writer
Otakar Ostrčil (1879-1935), composer
Olga Scheinpflugová (1902-1968), actress
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), composer
Ladislav Šaloun (1870-1946), sculptor
Pavel Stepan (1925-1998), pianist
Ilona Štěpánová - Kurzova (1899-1975), pianist
Josef Suk (1929-2011), violinist
Max Švabinský (1873-1962), painter
And other

Josef Suk (violinist)

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