Kerepesi Cemetery (Fiumei Street Graveyard), Budapest

Kerepesi, formally known as the Fiumei Steet Graveyard, is the oldest Christian cemetery still in use in Budapest, and is also one of Europe's largest national pantheons. It was established in 1847.

The Kerepesi Cemetery is the final resting place of famous Hungarians. Numerous mausoleums of important families and individuals are to be found here. Among others, Lajos Batthyány, Ferenc Deák, Lajos Kossuth, and Mihály Vörösmarty were laid to rest here. The list of the outstanding individuals - scientists, artists, statesmen - is seemingly endless, as is the number of the tombs that are in themselves works of art.
Endre Ady, Attila József, Kálmán Mikszáth, Zsigmond Móricz, Lujza Blaha, numerous sculptors, artists, and architects like Alajos Stróbl and Ödön Lechner, are among those buried in Kerepesi cemetery.

Hungarian communists who were condemned to death in the show-trials of 1949 were buried on a separate plot. In the 1950's the cemetery was declared closed for burials of the general public, and thereafter, mainly left wing politicians were buried here with national ceremony. In 1993 József Antall, the prime minister of the first democratically-elected government after the socialist era, was buried here.

Europe's only 'Museum of Reverence' (Kegyeleti Múzeum) on burial culture can be found in the graveyard. Guided tours must be pre-booked.