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

The arcaded tombs by Lyjos Gerle were built

AT THE TÜRM OF THE CENTURY

was allowed, in the face of these stern regulations, a Pest youth recited Vörösmarty’s exalted patriotic poem “Szózat” (“Appeal”) at the grave. A few years later, in 1859, the young of Pest had the remains of Károly Kisfaludy transferred here from the Váci út Cemetery. The ashes of Pál Vásárhelyi, the great hydro-engineer, were brought here from the old Németvölgyi Cemetery. A monumental obelisk was erected in the Kerepesi Cemetery in memory of the martyrs of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-49 whose mortal remains were transferred here from the Józsefváros Cemetery in 1870.

The cemetery was given its present shape at the turn of the century when sections were formed and roads as well as arched vaults were built (to plans by Lajos Gerle). The landscape was designed by Ármin Hegedűs, an architect employed by the municipal authorities. Outstanding works of art and excellent architectural constructions were erected one after another in the cemetery: Ábrahám Ganz's mausoleum was designed by Miklós Ybl in 1868. The final resting place of Lajos Batthyány was finished in 1871, followed by that of Ferenc Deák and by the mausoleum of Lajos Kossuth, built later in the early 1900s. The project of adding further arched vaults was probably abandoned because of World War 1.

The municipal authorities designated Section 34 as the resting place of artists, scholars and scientists in accordance with the decree concerning a cemetery of honour. The persons of distinction whose remains had been buried earlier in an area to be rearranged, and who were now, in

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