- The Cemetary was formed after Europe was rocked by two plagues in a row. ... Since 1786, though, the Olšany Cemetary has been used as a regular cemetery.
- Places. Monuments. Olšany Cemeteries. Share. ... 4 Olsany cemeteries Prague. photo 5 photo 6.
- The Olšany Cemetery was originally created for the victims of the 1680 plague, and while many well-known people are laid to rest here, perhaps the most famous is...
- The Olšany Cemeteries were created in 1680 to accommodate plague victims who died en masse in Prague and needed to be buried quickly.
- Olšany Cemetery. Olšany cemetery in Žižkov with 2 million dead is the largest graveyard not only in Prague, but also in the Czech Republic.
- So Olšany was expanded and became the city’s only cemetery. The cemetery was laid out for as many as two million burials, which frankly seems astonishing.
- Olšany Cemetery has a TripExpert Score of 82 based on expert reviews in publications including Time Out, Atlas Obscura, Michelin Guide and Frommer's.
- As odd and abnormal as it seems I really enjoyed visiting Olsany Hrbitovy ,a wonderful old cemetery in the heart of the Zizkov district.