New Public Cemetery, Budapest

Új köztemető
Map of the Cemetery
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Established1886
Location
CountryHungary
Coordinates47°28′22″N 19°10′45″E / 47.47289°N 19.17922°E / 47.47289; 19.17922
TypePublic
Size207 hectares (510 acres)
No. of intermentsapproximately 3 million

New Public Cemetery (Hungarian: Új köztemető or Rákoskeresztúri sírkert) is the largest cemetery in Budapest and one of the largest in Europe with an area of about 2.07 km2 and 3 million burials since its opening in 1886. It is adjacent to the Kozma Street Cemetery; the largest Jewish cemetery in Hungary. Its main building, which was constructed in 1903, has a 26-meter-high bell tower. In addition to its rich vegetation and wide avenues, the cemetery is famous for plot 301, where the martyrs of the 1956 revolution were buried. Today, an enormous modern monument by György Jovánovics marks their graves.