Slavín is a tomb at the Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague. Many notable Czech personalities are interred in the tomb.
History
The idea of the establishment of the pantheon, a final resting place for outstanding Czech personalities, appeared in the 1880s. The initiators were Vyšehrad provost and Mikuláš Karlach and Mayor of Smíchov Petr Matěj Fischer, who also helped to finance the monument.
The monumental tomb was designed by architect Antonín Wiehl. Slavín was built in the years 1889–1893 on the eastern side of the Vyšehrad Cemetery. The sculptural decorations were made by Josef Mauder (1854–1920). Poet Julius Zeyer was the first person to be buried in the tomb, in 1901, eight years after its completion. The tomb contains 44 burial tombs, mostly with coffins, though some urns are stored as well. The remains of 55 people are currently interred in Slavín.
Notable interments
Julius Zeyer, Josef Václav Sládek, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Růžena Svobodová, Jan Klecanda, Jaroslav Hilbert, Antonín Klášterský, František Xaver Svoboda, Josef Hora, Karel Toman, Marie Pujmanová, Josef Štefan Kubín
Otýlie Beníšková, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Vítězslav Vejražka, Eduard Kohout, Ladislav Boháč, Jaroslav Marvan
Vojtěch Hynais, Alfons Mucha, Václav Špála, Antonín Pelc, Antonín Strnadel
Josef Václav Myslbek, Jan Štursa, Bohumil Kafka, Ladislav Šaloun, Jan Lauda
Ema Destinnová, Otakar Mařák, Vilém Zítek, Richard Kubla, Kamila Ungrová, Václav Bednář
Jan Kubelík, Jaroslav Kocian, Karel Hoffmann
Kamil Hilbert, Josef Gočár, Karel Honzík, Jaroslav Fragner |
Ferdinand Pujman, Vojta Novák
Václav Vladivoj Tomek
Josef Král, Oldřich Hujer
Jan Václav Novák
Karel Engelmüller |
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This page was last edited on 10 March 2023, at 01:37