Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyšehrad cemetery (Vyšehradský hřbitov in Czech) 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 Slavín Monument designed by Antonín Wiehl and the cemetery is sometimes referred to as the Slavín cemetery. 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vyšehrad is a castle built on a hill over the Vltava River in the 10th century. ... Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ...

Some of the famous Czechs interred here: This is a partial list of famous Czech, Czech-speaking/writing people, and people born in Bohemia or the Czech lands. ...

• Karel Čapek (1890-1938), playwright
• Antonin Chitussi (1847-1891), painter
• Emmy Destinn (Ema Destinnová, 1878-1930), opera singer
• Antonín Dvořák, (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), conductor and composer
• Karel Hynek Mácha (1810-1836), romantic poet
• Alfons Mucha (1860-1939), painter
• Josef Václav Myslbek (1848-1922), sculptor
• Jan Neruda (1834-1891), poet, writer
• Božena Němcová (1820-1862), writer, author of the novel The Grandmother
• Olga Scheinpflugova (1902-1968), actress and wife of Karel Čapek
• Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), composer
• Max Svabinsky (1873-1962), painter
• Vlastimil Visar (1926-1991), actor

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See also

• List of famous cemeteries

This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ...

External links

• Longer list of famous people buried there (http://www.zboray.com/graves/Praha/Vysehradsky/)