Csernus Lukács - Triff Zsigmond: The Cemeteries of Budapest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

Graves of Hungarian soldiers killed in the 1848 War of Independence (Section 32/1)

pie who had played a prominent role in the politics, culture and history of the nation. Consisting of members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the committee examined a list containing almost five thousand names reducing it by about half. The survey also revealed that due to its large number of monuments of high artistic and inestimable material value, Kerepesi Cemetery could be regarded as Hungary’s largest open-air museum of sculpture.

The committee in charge of the National Pantheon worked between 1968 and 1975. The dozens of members of its various sub-committees included the economist Dr Lajos Éliás, the secretary of the committee, Dr József Antall, the director of the Semmelweis Museum of Medical History and later Hungary’s prime minister, László Csontos, an employee of the institution V1TCJK1 which was partly funding the work of the Committee, Gábor Móra, Dénes Lengyel, Frigyes Marton, László Gerő, Pál Bélley, Barna Búza and representatives of the cemetery.

ln 1972, an invitation for tenders was issued to re-ar- range and landscape the cemetery. Three functions of the National Pantheon were specified in the invitation:- it is a burial ground where the country's deceased heroes are interred;- it is a place of reverence where visitors can pay tribute to the deceased heroes of Hungarian history and can admire historic monuments and works of art;- it is an open air area whose quiet provides spiritual refreshment.

Before issuing the invitation for tenders, the municipal

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