The Mirogoj City Cemetery (, hr, Gradsko groblje Mirogoj), also known as Mirogoj Cemetery ( hr, Groblje Mirogoj), is a

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park that is considered to be among the more noteworthy

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in the city of

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. The cemetery inters members of all religious groups:

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, Muslim,

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; irreligious graves can all be found. In the arcades are the last resting places of many famous

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History

The Mirogoj Cemetery was built on a plot of land owned by the linguist Ljudevit Gaj, purchased by the city in 1872, after his death. Architect

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designed the main building. The new cemetery was inaugurated on 6 November 1876. The construction of the

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s, the

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s, and the church in the entryway was begun in 1879. Due to lack of funding, work was finished only in 1929. Unlike the older cemeteries, which were church-owned, Mirogoj was owned by the city, and accepted burials from all religious backgrounds. On 22 March 2020, during the

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was hit by a 5.5 magnitude

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that caused significant damage across the city, including the damage on the famous arcades of the Mirogoj cemetery.

Notable interments

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Memorials

* Monument to Fallen Croatian Soldiers in World War I (1919) * Monument to the children from the Kozara mountain * Tomb of the People's Heroes (1968) * Memorial Cross to Croatian Home Guard Soldiers (1993) * Monument to the Victims of Bleiburg and the Way of the Cross (1994) * German military cemetery (1996) for more than 4.430 deathskriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de
click ''suchen'', select 'Kroatien', click on ''Friedhof suchen'' and select ''Zagreb-Mirogoi
/ref> * Monument of the "Voice of Croatian Victims - Wall of Pain" (to Croatian victims of the Croatian War of Independence)

Location and access

It is located today in the

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city district, on Mirogojska road and Hermann Bollé street.

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bus line 106 runs between the cemetery and the Kaptol bus terminal in the heart of Zagreb every 20 minutes during the cemetery's opening hours. A less frequent line, 226 (every 35–40 minutes), also starts from Kaptol by the same route, but continues further east to Svetice terminal, directly connecting to the

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Gallery

119 žrtava.jpg, Monument to the 119 victims of fascist terror A G Matoš.JPG, Antun Gustav Matoš's grave Andrija Hebrang Mirogoj srpanj 2008.jpg, Andrija Hebrang's grave August Šenoa spomenik (Mirogoj).jpg, August Šenoa's grave monument Denkmal für kommunistische Nachkriegsverbrechen, Mirogoj, Zagreb.JPG, Memorial to the

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Bruno Busic 1007.JPG,

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's grave Dušan Džamonja spomenik Mirogoj srpanj 2008.jpg, Monument to dead, missing and detained Croatian soldiers Mirogoj Zagreb, Murtic.JPG, Monument near Edo Murtić's grave Eugen Kumicic 1007.JPG,

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's grave Grobnica narodnih heroja Zagreb.JPG, Tomb of the People's Heroes Grobnica djece sa Kozare Mirogoj.jpg, Monument to the children from

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; about 400 children who died in Ustaše concentration camps during World War II Hermann Bollé 1139x2168.jpg,

's grave Ivo Kerdić Matko.JPG,

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's grave Matija Ljubek 1007.JPG,

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's grave Mirko Rački Tarnik.JPG,

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's grave Petar Preradović Mirogoj.jpg,

's grave Palim hrvatskim vojnicima u Prvom svjetskom ratu Mirogoj.jpg, Monument to the fallen Croatian soldiers in World War I Rudolf Peresin 1007.JPG,

Rudolf Perešin Rudolf Perešin (25 March 1958 – 2 May 1995) was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter ...

's grave Stjepan Radic, Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb.jpg, Stjepan Radić's grave Srpanjske zrtve 1007.JPG, Monument to the

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Grave Drazen Petrovic 1.jpg,

's grave Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb 03.jpg, Franjo Tuđman's grave

References

External links

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