{{Short description|Cemetery in the city of Zagreb}} {{Infobox cemetery | name = Mirogoj Cemetery | image = Zagreb - Mirogoj (44892505204).jpg | image_size = 270px | caption = Main entrance of Mirogoj | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | mapframe-zoom = 12 | established = 6 November 1876 | country = Croatia | location = Gornji Grad–Medveščak, Zagreb | coordinates = {{Coord|45.835|15.986|type:landmark_region:HR|display=inline,title}} | type = Public | owner = City of Zagreb | size = | graves = 60,000 | interments = 322,000 | website = {{url|www.gradskagroblja.hr}} | style = }} The '''Mirogoj City Cemetery''' ({{IPA|sh|mîrɔɡɔːj|pron}}, {{langx|hr|Gradsko groblje Mirogoj}}), also known as '''Mirogoj Cemetery''' ({{langx|hr|Groblje Mirogoj}}), is a cemetery park that is considered<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowUserReviews-g294454-d316812-r146556614-Mirogoj_Cemetery-Zagreb.html|title = Beautiful cemetery worth a visit - Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb Traveller Reviews}}</ref> 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. Mirogoj has 60,000 graves and it’s a resting place of 322,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sve tajne Mirogoja |url=https://showbuzz.dnevnik.hr/inmagazin/otkrivamo-sve-tajne-groblja-mirogoj---877564.html |website=showbuzz.hr |access-date=21 August 2025}}</ref>
==History== thumb|right|Mirogoj arcade thumb|Christ the King Church from inside the cemetery [[File:Ivo Kerdić Matko.JPG|thumb|''Pieta'' by Croatian sculptor Ivo Kerdić]] 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.{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=10}} Architect Hermann Bollé designed the main building. The new cemetery was inaugurated on 6 November 1876.{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=12}}
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.<ref name="Polić"/>
Unlike the older cemeteries in Zagreb, which were church-owned, Mirogoj was owned by the city, and accepted burials from all religious backgrounds.<ref name="Polić"/>
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 to the famous arcades of the Mirogoj cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|first=Patricia |last=Kiš |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/zagreb/foto-nadrealni-prizori-s-mirogoja-potres-je-izazvao-milijunsku-stetu-ugrozene-su-cuvene-bollove-arkade-a-crkvi-krista-kralja-prijeti-urusavanje/10127125/ |title=FOTO: NADREALNI PRIZORI S MIROGOJA Potres je izazvao milijunsku štetu: ugrožene su čuvene Bolléove arkade, a crkvi Krista Kralja prijeti urušavanje |work=Jutarnji list |date=24 March 2020 |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=hr}}</ref>
==Notable interments== {{Category see also|Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery}} * Zlatko Baloković (1895–1965), violinist * Milan Bandić (1955–2021), longest-serving mayor of Zagreb<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/posljednji-ispracaj-gradonacelnika-milana-bandica-na-mirogoju---642280.html |title=Milan Bandić pokopan na Mirogoju: Ispraćen uz pjesmu ''Pod brajde'', okupilo se jako puno ljudi. Emotivne govore održali Ljubo Jurčić i Jelena Pavičić Vukičević |work=Dnevnik.hr |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=hr}}</ref> * Ena Begović (1960–2000), actress * Miroslav Blažević (1935–2023), football player and later manager<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=UŽIVO Oproštaj od Ćire: Evo tko će sve stajati uz lijes, u tijeku je komemoracija, stigle brojne legende |url=https://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/rubrika/nogomet/oprostaj-od-cire-sprovod-na-mirogoju-od-14-sati---766337.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Gol.hr |language=hr}}</ref> * Hermann Bollé (1845–1926), architect{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=38}} * Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), writer{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=64}} * 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{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=71}} * Tošo Dabac (1907–1970), photographer * Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), singer-songwriter and composer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/mozaik/zivot/arsen-dedic-pokopan-na-mirogoju-284196 |title=Arsen Dedić pokopan na Mirogoju |date=25 August 2015 |work=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=hr |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> * 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<ref name="Polić"/> * Rajko Dujmić, songwriter and composer (1954–2020)<ref name="Jutarnji">{{cite web|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/glazba/umro-rajko-dujmic-legendarni-glazbenik-podlegao-teskim-ozljedama-nakon-nesrece-15011919 |title=Umro Rajko Dujmić: Legendarni glazbenik podlegao teškim ozljedama nakon nesreće |website=Jutarnji list |date=4 August 2020 |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=hr}}</ref> * Hugo Ehrlich (1879–1936), architect * Aleksandar Ehrmann (1879–1965), industrialist, philanthropist and diplomat * Ljudevit Gaj (1809–1872), co-founder of the Illyrian movement<ref name="Polić">{{harvnb|Švigir|2010}}, cited in {{harvnb|Polić|2011}}</ref> * 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{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=34}} * Oton Kučera (1857–1931), astronomer * Zinka Kunc-Milanov (1906–1989), famous soprano * Svetozar Kurepa (1929–2010), mathematician * Ante Kovačić (1854–1889), writer{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=60}} * Enver Čolaković (1913–1976), writer * Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), composer{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=27}} * Vladko Maček (1879–1964), politician{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=35}} * Savić Marković Štedimlija (1906–1971), publicist * Anđelka Martić (1924–2000), writer * Antun Gustav Matoš (1873–1914), writer * Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), seismologist * Edo Murtić (1921–2005), painter{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=78}} * Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), writer{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=81}} * Maximilian Njegovan (1858–1930), Commander-in-chief and admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy<ref>[http://www.gradskagroblja.hr/Trazilica/MapPreview.aspx?CemeteryID=1&Field=47&DeptID=1&PersonID=32558 Maximilian Njegovan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718134647/http://www.gradskagroblja.hr/Trazilica/MapPreview.aspx?CemeteryID=1&Field=47&DeptID=1&PersonID=32558 |date=2011-07-18 }}</ref> * Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871–1922), inventor * Dražen Petrović (1964–1993), basketball player, member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=77}} * Milka Planinc (1924–2010), first and only female prime minister of Yugoslavia * Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), Nobel Prize-winning chemist{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=36}} * Petar Preradović (1818–1872), poet * Stjepan Radić (1871–1928), leader of the Croatian Peasants Party{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=32}} * August Šenoa (1838–1881), writer<ref name="Polić"/> * 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{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=60}} * Tin Ujević (1891–1955), poet{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=53}} * Emil Uzelac (1867–1954), head of the Austro-Hungarian air force * Ivan Zajc (1832–1914), composer{{sfn|Švigir|2010|p=37}}
==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<ref>kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de: [https://kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de/karte 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 Gornji Grad–Medveščak city district, on Mirogojska road and Hermann Bollé street.
ZET 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, 203 (every 20–25 minutes), also starts from Kaptol by the same route, but continues further east to Svetice terminal, directly connecting to the Maksimir Park. Also, the line 226 goes by a similar route as the line 203, but goes through Remete. Also, it’s less frequent (every 35-40 minutes).
==Gallery== <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 Yugoslav death march of Nazi collaborators Bruno Busic 1007.JPG|Bruno Bušić'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|Eugen Kumičić's grave Grobnica narodnih heroja Zagreb.JPG|Tomb of the People's Heroes Grobnica djece sa Kozare Mirogoj.jpg|Monument to the children from Kozara; about 400 children who died in Ustaše concentration camps during World War II Hermann Bollé 1139x2168.jpg|Hermann Bollé's grave Ivo Kerdić Matko.JPG|Ivo Kerdić's grave Matija Ljubek 1007.JPG|Matija Ljubek's grave Mirko Rački Tarnik.JPG|Mirko Rački's grave Petar Preradović Mirogoj.jpg|Petar Preradović'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's grave Stjepan Radic, Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb.jpg|Stjepan Radić's grave Srpanjske zrtve 1007.JPG|Monument to the July victims Grave Drazen Petrovic 1.jpg|Dražen Petrović's grave Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb 03.jpg|Franjo Tuđman's grave </gallery>
==See also==
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==Further reading== * {{cite journal|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/67892|title=Mirogoj, Panteon hrvatske povijesti, Zagreb, 2010.|last=Polić|first=Maja|journal=Rijeka|volume=16|issue=1|date=March 2011|pages=89–90|language=hr|format=PDF|access-date=13 February 2017}} * {{cite book | url=http://www.infozagreb.hr/media/documents/mirogoj_engleski.pdf | title=Mirogoj | year=2010 | publisher=Zagreb Tourist Board | editor-last=Švigir | editor-first=Mihovil | isbn=978-953-228-055-5 | access-date=26 February 2017 }}
==External links== {{Commons category|Mirogoj_Cemetery|Mirogoj Cemetery}} * {{Official website}} {{in lang|hr}} * [http://www.significantcemeteries.org/2011/11/monumental-cemetery-mirogoj-zagreb.html Mirogoj Cemetery] at Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe
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