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

Géza Maróti’s scülptüre of God the Father

AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE PUBLIC CEMETERY

ings found in folk art (1910). Both memorials are near the two tombstones mentioned above.

A large number of those killed in the siege of Budapest were buried here, although the cemetery had practically become full before that. The condition of the monuments has seriously deteriorated in this closed and unkempt cemetery, and the site has also become a prime target of the indiscriminate vandalism of the past two decades causing inestimable and irreparable damage. There are hardly any undisturbed or intact vaults in the graveyard, so the authors cannot light-heartedly recommend a walk here.

The Rákoskeresztúr Public Cemetery

In the second half of the last century the accelerated development of the capital and a significant increase in its population made the opening of a new public cemetery a matter of urgency. It was the 53rd statute issued in 1868 that provided for the establishment of a public cemetery to replace denominational graveyards. After the opening of the Jewish burial ground off Kerepesi Cemetery, the territory of the latter could not be enlarged and, from 1885 on, was designated as a cemetery of honour only. A huge plot on the route to Rákoskeresztúr and Pestszentlőrinc seem35