The Mirogoj City Cemetery (, ), also known as Mirogoj Cemetery (), is a cemetery park that is considered to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the city of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members of all religious groups: Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, Latter Day Saints; irreligious graves can all be found. In the arcades are the last resting places of many famous Croats.
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 Hermann Bollé designed the main building. The new cemetery was inaugurated on 6 November 1876.
The construction of the arcades, the cupolas, 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 COVID-19 pandemic, Zagreb was hit by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that caused significant damage across the city, including the damage on the famous arcades of the Mirogoj cemetery.
Notable interments
Zlatko Baloković (1895–1965), violinist
Milan Bandić (1955–2021), longest-serving mayor of Zagreb
Ena Begović (1960–2000), actress
Miroslav Blažević (1935–2023), football player and later manager
Hermann Bollé (1845–1926), architect
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), writer
Ferdinand Budicki (1871–1951), automotive and air travel pioneer of Zagreb, introduced cars to the city Krešimir Ćosić (1948–1995), basketball player and coach, member of both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and FIBA Hall of Fame Tošo Dabac (1907–1970), photographer Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), singer-songwriter and composer Dimitrija Demeter (1811–1872), Greek–Croatian who played a major role in the movement for the national awakening of the Croatian nation Filip Deutsch (1828–1919), nobleman and industrialist Julio Deutsch (1859–1922), architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch Janko Drašković (1770–1856), nobleman, national reformer, politician and poet Rajko Dujmić, songwriter and composer (1954–2020) Hugo Ehrlich (1879–1936), architect Aleksandar Ehrmann (1879–1965), industrialist, philanthropist and diplomat Ljudevit Gaj (1809–1872), co-founder of the Illyrian movement Leo Hönigsberg (1861–1911), architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch Hosea Jacobi (1841–1925), Chief Rabbi of Zagreb Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981), writer Oton Kučera (1857–1931), astronomer Zinka Kunc-Milanov (1906–1989), famous soprano Svetozar Kurepa (1929–2010), mathematician Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), writer Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), composer Vladko Maček (1879–1964), politician Savić Marković Štedimlija (1906–1971), publicist Antun Gustav Matoš (1873–1914), writer Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), seismologist Edo Murtić (1921–2005), painter Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), writer Maximilian Njegovan (1858–1930), Commander-in-chief and admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871–1922), inventor Dražen Petrović (1964–1993), basketball player, member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame Milka Planinc (1924–2010), first and only female prime minister of Yugoslavia Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), Nobel prize-winning chemist Petar Preradović (1818–1872), poet Stjepan Radić (1871–1928), leader of the Croatian Peasants Party August Šenoa (1838–1881), writer Ivica Šerfezi (1935–2004), singer and politician supporter of Croatian Peasant Party Ivan Šubašić (1892–1955), last Ban of Croatia Milka Ternina (1863–1941), famous soprano Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999), the first president of Croatia Vice Vukov (1936–2008), singer and politician Tin Ujević (1891–1955), poet Emil Uzelac (1867–1954), head of the Austro-Hungarian air force Ivan Zajc (1832–1914), composer
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 deaths 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 Gornji Grad–Medveščak city district, on Mirogojska road and Hermann Bollé street.