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TOP SIGHT
KEREPESI CEMETERY
Established in 1847, Kerepesi Cemetery is Budapest's answer to London's Highgate or
Paris' Père Lachaise. Some of the 3000 gravestones and mausoleums in this
56-hectare necropolis, which is also called the National Graveyard (Nemzeti Sírkert),
are worthy of a pharaoh. Maps indicating the location of noteworthy graves are avail-
able free from the conservation office at the entrance, which is about 500m southeast
of Keleti station. Head right from here and you'll find thePiety Museum(9am-5pm
Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat), which looks at the approach to death through history in Hun-
gary and Hungarian-speaking regions. From the museum continue to the huge Work-
ers' Movement Pantheon for party honchos, topped with the words 'I lived for Com-
munism, for the people'. Just off to the left is the simple grave of Communist leader
János Kádár (1912-89). Sitting just behind the Pantheon, plot 21 contains the graves
of many who died in the 1956 Uprising. Also worth seeking out are the resting spots of
statesmen and national heroes Lajos Kossuth, Ferenc Deák and Lajos Batthyány.
