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Vysehrad CemeteryEstablished in 1869 on the grounds of Vyehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyehrad cemetery (Vyehradsk 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 Slavn Monument designed by Antonn Wiehl and the cemetery is sometimes referred to as the Slavn cemetery. Some of the famous Czechs interred here: - Karel Čapek (1890-1938), playwright
- Antonin Chitussi (1847-1891), painter
- Emmy Destinn (Ema Destinnov, 1878-1930), opera singer
- Antonn Dvořk, (1841-1904), composer
- Frantisek Hrubin, (1910-1971), writer and poet, friend of Jaroslav Seifert
- Jaroslav Heyrovsk (1890-1967), Nobel prize winning founder of polarography
- Rafael Kubelk (1914-1996), composer
- Karel Hynek Mcha (1810-1836), romantic poet
- Alfons Mucha (1860-1939), painter
- Josef Vclav 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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