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Vinohrady · Prague

Vinohrady Cemetery (Václav Havel's grave)

Vinohradský hřbitov

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Founded in 1885 for the town of Královské Vinohrady, it is Prague's second or third largest cemetery (sources differ) with a neo-Gothic chapel of St Wenceslas. President Václav Havel and his wife Olga, Jan Kotěra, Eliška Junková and Jakub Schikaneder are buried here. Few visitors know where Havel is buried.

Address
Vinohradská 212, 100 00 Praha 10
Hours
Nov-Feb 08:00-17:00; Mar-Apr 08:00-18:00; May-Sep 08:00-19:00; Oct 08:00-18:00
Best time to go
Morning, Afternoon · About 40 min
Price
Free
Price level
Kč

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Good to know

  • Tram stop Vinohradské hřbitovy is right at the gate.
  • The chapel doubles as a lapidarium of funerary sculpture.

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