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

The tomb of architect László Vágó with a portrayal

OF HIS OWN WORKS

nő Gyalókay, distinguished academician and military historian, is already unmarked. This is where the 150-year-old tombstone of the Fabiny family also stands. The ashes of writer Cecil Tormay and the first, legendary, radio reporter of sports events István Pluhár have been placed in one of the urn cubicles adjacent to this section.

Walking towards the main entrance, you encounter the group of sections numbered 60 and the adjacent rows of urn cubicles, all installed where a horticultural farm had been. In the place of honour stands the monument of the composer Béla Bartók, whose ashes were brought home from America. The memorial is the work of Miklós Borsos. Next to him rests the world famous conductor György Solti, returned from England after his death. Nearby are the final resting places of some Olympic champions, including swordsman Aladár Gerevich, the most successful Hungarian Olympic participant of all time. The famous thinker and writer István Benedek has recently been laid to rest here, as has the pioneer of modern architecture József Fischer.

The poet Árpád Tóth is buried in the small neighbouring Section 42. His statue is the work of András Eösze. The urn cubicles marked A and B can be found along this section and Section 43; the ashes of the founder of the internationally famous Pető Institute András Pető are in one of these. Opera singer Mihály Székely rests under a monument by Ferenc Kovács, portraying him in the costume of Sarastro, while sculptor Lajos Petri is buried under his own work.

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