The Olszański Cemetery in Prague is a historic necropolis founded in 1679. There are 10 church cemeteries, 2 communal, Orthodox, Jewish and military. They present a great historical value, due to the people resting here and artistic, as examples of cemetery art from different ages.
About 2 million Prague residents are buried in the cemetery complex in Olszany. Initially it was a damn cemetery. In the 17th century, the church of Saint Rozalia was built here, around which are the oldest tombstones. When, at the behest of Józef II, burying the dead in the center of Prague was forbidden, Olszany became the main necropolis of the city.
Famous people buried here include writers Franz Kafka, Josef Jungmann and Ota Pavel, Jan Palach, a student who self-immolated in 1969 protesting against the entry of Warsaw Pact armies into Czechoslovakia, and Karel Kramar, the first president of the Czechoslovak Republic.
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