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Olšany cemetery
Created in 1680 to host the numerous victims of the plague in Prague, the Olšany cemetery (Olšanské Hrbitovy) served as the main cemetery of the city for centuries and is the last place of rest of the countless victims of disease and war.High enough to host about two million graves and divided into sections, the cemetery consists of the Jewish cemetery, which includes the tomb of the writer Franz Kafka and the Christian cemetery, where you will find the last Czech rest place, Jan Palach, who set on fire in 1968 as a protest against the Soviet invasion.Although his body was taken from the Olsany cemetery in 1973 to prevent his tomb from becoming the place of organized protests, his coffin was returned in 1990. In addition to his somewhat morbid history, he remains a wonderful place to explore due to his numerous old mysterious tombs and art monuments.


