Mirogoj Cemetery


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 Church|Orthodox], Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, The [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|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.

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 in Zagreb, 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 to the famous arcades of the Mirogoj cemetery.

Notable interments

Memorials

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, 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.