Travel Tip: Olsany Cemetery, monumental cemetery where many historic figures rest by czechglobalhosts

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Travel Tip: Olsany Cemetery, monumental cemetery where many historic figures rest
**Dear Steemit friends and followers**,

Welcome to my **Travel Tip** series where I promote some of the most beautiful places, interesting landmarks and impressive architectural sites of my homeland, the **Czech Republic**.

Today, I prepared something special for you as I will take you to a place that usually attracts fans of the spooky but also romantics and artists - a cemetery. But we are not talking about an ordinary cemetery here - I will show you one of the largest and most famous cemeteries in the Czech Republic, the legendary **Olsany Cemetery**.

![Praha,_Vinohrady,_Olšanské_hřbitovy,_cesta.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXxapdMdEzY4VHyG4eodY8gTreaFEWYvhq8Nv3dVtSpXj/Praha,_Vinohrady,_Ol%C5%A1ansk%C3%A9_h%C5%99bitovy,_cesta.jpg)
*Source: Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons)*

Located in the Prague district of **Zizkov**, the **Olsany Cemetery** occupies more than 50 ha, making it the biggest cemetery in the Czech capital. The cemetery was created in 1680 and its original purpose was to serve as the resting place for plague victims. However, the cemetery has been extended many times throughout the centuries and it is now estimated that up to 2 million people have been buried there. 

![Olšanské_hřbitovy,_Viktor_Dyk.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeQuSVvSxYgosZ2iTVZWQqUsxZFDNmNE3qPdzDStiDAfw/Ol%C5%A1ansk%C3%A9_h%C5%99bitovy,_Viktor_Dyk.jpg)
*Source: Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons)*


The **Olsany Cemetery** is known for a number of beautifully decorated graves and unique art-nouveau monuments. Except for hundreds of thousands of common people buried there, the cemetery is also the resting place of many prominent Czech figures such as the writers **Karel Havlicek Borovsky, Karel Jaromir Erben** or **Viktor Dyk**; popular actors including **Jan Werich** and **Rudolf Hrusinky** or politicians like **Karel Kramar** and **Klement Gottwald**. 

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@arosebunch · 
Very beautiful place, thanks for sharing with us! ☺️🙏🏼
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@madushanka · 
Hi Thomas, Actually every persons cannot like to go cemetery coz everyone  prefer to stay on the planet like as immortals. But it couldn't whenever. Absolutely this wanna memorable location who want to remind their popular ones in Prague. 

> *the cemetery has been extended many times throughout the centuries and it is now estimated that up to 2 million people have been buried there.*

It's massive area indeed. Can you tell me how many acres included *Olsany Cemetery* in Prague?
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@kmayegaindia · 
@czechglobalhosts it's a quite healthy historical travel tip
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@kamrankhan900 · 
Lovely photography and mesmerizing scenery in the czech republic. Rrally impreswed with this travel tip series. Love the street views and nice looking pictures. Thwy are attractive and intensely awesome. Keep up the good work.
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@kamran600 · 
Wow this monumental cemetry looks very awesome. This is one of the best places of parague so far. Thanks alot for this. Loved it. Great photography.
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@kamchore · (edited)
Those countries which remember their heroes will remain alive in the history. I am impressed to see how the Czech nation decorated the resting place of their heroes as well as ordinary people. It reveals that Czech nation contains live hearted people. Great country with great traditions. Thanks for sharing @czechglobalhosts
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@abdulmanan · 
I like the way these grave been decorated with flowers and green leaves!
it shows the love you have for your loved ones who died and buried!
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@yameen · 
That's great from you.
The graves are decorated beautifully and with unique art.
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