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

The mausoleum of Ferenc Deák

Following the route described below, you can pay tribute to several hundred persons of fame, though only the most noteworthy are mentioned by name here.

Starting a tour at the historic building of the chapel, and walking by the vaults along the wall running parallel to Fiumei út, you can find the tomb of Ferenc Pulszky, archaeologist and art historian, on the right, then you can stop at the grave of the first eminent person laid to rest in this cemetery - the vault and a granite obelisk built in honour of Mihály Vörösmarty by a grateful posterity. Opposite these, under the poet’s much-liked oak trees, can be found the bronze coffin of János Arany and his family, the work of Alajos Stróbl and Lajos Rauscher.

Next to this starts the Pantheon of the Labour Movement and its garden. The lower columbarium holds the ashes of Béla Balázs, writer and film aesthetician; in the upper ossuary, the urns of the following have been placed: István Dési Huber and Gyula Derkouits, painters; Emin Szabó, social scientist and chief librarian; Leó Frankel, a key figure of the labour movement in the last century; Árpád Szakasits, József Révai, Ferenc Münnich and István Dobi, each of whom played a prominent role in Hungarian politics after World War 11. Of the names written on the outer wall of the mausoleum, mention must be made of Bertalan Pór, painter; Andor Gábor, poet; Mihály Bíró, graphic artist; József Lengyel, writer; and finally Béla Kun, politician. The grave of the philosopher György (Georg) Lukács is on the promenade in front of this monument; János Kádár, long-time communist leader of Hungary, is buried in the garden of the Pantheon.

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