Open Air Museum Day in Milan (Sunday 27 August 2017)

Every last Sunday of the month, from May to October 2017, different activities are taking place at the Milan Monumental Cemetery.

St. Ana Cemetery (Osijek, Croatia)

St. Ana Cemetery (Osijek, Croatia)
Cemetery of St. Ana in Osijek was founded in 1748, mainly because of increased number of deaths caused by plague that struck the city.

About the cemetery

St. Ana cemetery is a gallery of sculptures, some of which are masterpieces of famous Croatian sculptors whose works can also be seen in front of the UN building in NYC or Int. Labor Organisation in Geneva. 

There are many graves of notable citizens at the cemetery, such as: Adolf Waldinger (a famous Osijek painter), Ante Slaviček (the most important Osijek architect), Pajo Kolarić (an early Croatian composer for the tamburitza instrument) and the grave of  Gilming-Hengl, where you can observe a sculpture of Jesus Christ, the work of the famous sculptor Frano Kršinić.

Most of people buried at the cemetery are of Croatian nationality but also of Serbian, German and Hungarian nationality. Religion that is presented in the cemetery is Christianity. About 90% Catholic and about 10% Orthodox.

Considering time and reason of cemetery establishment as well as development, visual identity, tombstone architecture and significant people buried at this cemetery, it is definitely a history encyclopaedia for this part of Europe. There is a program approved by the Ministry of Culture of Croatia and Osijek's Conservation department that forbids the change of visual identity of the cemetery and protects its tombstones.

Basic data

Number of graves: 10.096
Cemetery size: 53.933 m2
Cemetery type: Municipal

Contact

Domagoj Vinaj
Email: vinaj@ukop-osijek.hr
Phone: 00385-31-272-655

City cemetery "Pri Svetom Duhu" (Koprivnica, Croatia)

City cemetery "Pri Svetom Duhu" (Koprivnica, Croatia)
On November 18th , 2016, the cemetery, along with associated buildings and landscaping, received the status of a cultural good.

About the cemetery

The City cemetery "Pri Svetom Duhu" in Koprivnica includes the Holly Spirit Chapel, old and new mortuary, a central cross, the cross for fallen soldiers (employees of Podravka) and the Memorial to those killed in World War II.

The oldest written record that mentions the cemetery in the central part of the town Koprivnica is from 1607. At that time, the cemetery was placed within the fortress near the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the area near the present church of St. Nicholas).

Central town cemetery was later located next to the St. Lucy’s Chapel (the area of today’s hospital) and was intended for the citizens of the Koprivnica fortress and those outside the fort wall. The St. Lucy’s Chapel is first mentioned in 1650.

In the early 1800s, more and more houses were built around the Chapel and the cemetery, so Pastor Adam Žuvić suggested the abandonment of the cemetery and relocation to the cemetery next to the Holy Spirit Chapel. This was executed in 1845 but soon the Chapel was abandoned and after 1850 it was knocked down. A new Holy Spirit Chapel, which still exists in the city cemetery today, was then built in 1873. Thus, Koprivnica had a new central cemetery during the second half of the 19th century around the Holy Spirit Chapel, which is still in function today. 

The cemetery was considerably expanded in 1869 but not arranged. The town gardener Dragutin Ruhl started arranging the cemetery greenery in the 1890s. Today’s horticultural appearance of the cemetery is the work of the town grave-digger Ivan Maček. Τhe cemetery was characterised by the Ministry of Culture as preservable, because it possesses elaborate decorations and consists of works of unique artistic value.

In 2003 the revitalisation of the cemetery greenery has started, which was conducted in cooperation with the Conservation Department at the Ministry of Culture. On November 18th, 2016, the cemetery, along with associated buildings and landscaping, received the status of a cultural good.

Significant personalities at the cemetery

Many significant names from the Koprivnica history are connected with the city cemetery, such as: family Šemper, Vargović, Sulimanović and Malančec, Leander Brozović, Đuro Ester, Božena Loborec, Đuro Sudeta, Vinko Vošicki and Zlata Bartl.

Basic data

Number of graves: 6.685 graves (over 9,000 registered burial sites)
Cemetery size: 77.000 m2 in use + 12.600 m2 in phase of development altogether 89.600 m2
Cemetery type: Municipal, civil and military cemetery

Contact

Ms. Maja Hleb
CEO Komunalac LLC Koprivnica

Email: maja.hleb@komunalac-kc.hr
Phone: 00385-48-251-808