Holešovice Cemetery (Hřbitov Holešovice)
After passing under the Bushtegrad railway overpass, which is located opposite the square in front of the Exhibition Center, I came to the gate of the Holešovice cemetery (Hřbitov Holešovice).
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The cemetery was founded in 1873, it has the shape of a triangle, its area is 8800 square meters, it is the smallest cemetery in Prague.
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The cemetery is located on a gentle slope, it has a lot of greenery and beautiful corners.
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The cemetery has not been buried in graves for a long time, but it is possible to place an urn with ashes in a columbarium.
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Some famous people are buried in the Holesovice cemetery, including jazz singer Eva Olmerová, architect Jan Zázvorka, and actor Bedrich Šetena.
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Grave of Jaroslav Brouk (1884-1953), co-owner of the popular department store chain Brouk a Babka, founded in 1919 and operated under this name until nationalization by the Communist regime in 1948.
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Here you can also find the graves of army officers who participated in the defense of Prague or fought in the legions of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition during the Second World War.
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The oldest burials date back to the second half of the nineteenth century. In any case, I've only seen them like this.
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Judging by the dates, life expectancy at that time slightly exceeded 50 years.
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The old part of the cemetery is very monumental.
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There are several family crypts, some of which you can look inside.
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A grave with a wrought-iron fence is quite rare in European cemeteries.
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Cast iron cross with a crucifix on one of the tombstones with Art Nuoveau features.
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Tombstone in the form of a grieving angel. Unlike the cemeteries I visited in Southern Europe, there are very few sculptures here.
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Some burials are marked with very small slabs.
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The last burial dates I saw were in the fifties of the 20th century.
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Modern monuments are more strict.
![Cemetery Holešovice Cemetery, Prague](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/19/0315/115918.jpg)
The vast majority of monuments are simple stone slabs, occasionally decorated with small sculptural forms.
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This composition, depicting a dove grieving over his girlfriend, literally takes the soul.
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A little angel. Similar figures can be seen at many graves.
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The cemetery wall is an old columbarium with niches covered with stone slabs.
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New columbarium.
![Cemetery Holešovice Cemetery, Prague](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/19/0315/120344.jpg)
Here the cells are closed with glass doors, behind which you can see the urns with ashes.
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Somehow, a Christmas ribbon and Christmas tree decorations ended up in the trash pile.
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The cemetery is surprisingly quiet, although there is a railway on one side.
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At the gate of the cemetery there is a small chapel with a ritual hall.
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The cemetery is open in winter from 8: 00 to 17: 00, in spring and autumn from 8: 00 to 18: 00, from May to September from 8: 00 to 19: 00.
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