Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22586/review.v16i1.11290
THE FOUNDATION OF MIROGOJ AS THE CENTRAL CEMETERY OF ZAGREB
Kristina Milković
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Croatian Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper presents the foundation of Mirogoj in 1876 as the central cemetery of Zagreb. Since the 1850s, Zagreb had been developing as the capital of Croatia in the modern sense of the word, as a Gründerstadt. As early as the 1860s, the public was of the opinion that a central cemetery should be established outside the city limits. This idea came to fruition in the mid-1870s, in the context of urbanization and modernization of the city. The founding of Mirogoj was an expression of modernity and self-awareness of the bourgeois society, as well as the new sensibilities and aesthetics characteristic of the 19th century.
Keywords
Mirogoj, Zagreb, modernization, cultural history of death, cemetery
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242104
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Publication date:
1.8.2020.
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