Mirogoj Cemetery
Monumental cemetery below Medvednica, with long ivy-covered arcades designed by Hermann Bollé.
Mirogoj was laid out on the southern slopes of Medvednica on land bought from the estate of Ljudevit Gaj, and the first burials took place in 1876. From 1879 the Zagreb cathedral architect Hermann Bollé designed the monumental frame around the main entrance: a long range of arcades in yellow brick and stone with a central dome and two smaller cupolas, echoing Renaissance cloisters. Work on the arcades and the Church of Christ the King continued in stages until 1929, long after Bollé's death.
The cemetery has always been multiconfessional, with Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim sections and a section for the non-religious, set side by side rather than separated. Inside the arcades are the tombs of many leading figures of Croatian public life, among them Stjepan Radić, Petar Preradović, Vladimir Prelog and Franjo Tuđman, and the sculpture and mosaics along the walkways make the complex one of the most visited monumental cemeteries in Europe.
Highlights
- Hermann Bollé's arcades and central dome, built from 1879
- Multiconfessional layout with sections side by side
- Tombs and monuments of leading figures in Croatian public life
- Listed by Europa Nostra in 2021 among Europe's most endangered sites
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