Hajongard cemetery
Cemetery in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Bethlen family chapel at Hajongard CemeteryView of the cemetery Hajongard cemetery (officially Central Cemetery , in Hungarian Házsongárdi temető , from German Hasengarten ), on Avram Iancu Street, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cluj-Napoca , Romania , founded in the sixteenth century. It is one of the most picturesque sights of the city. It covers an area of approximately 14 hectares (35 acres).
Notable interments
Ion Agârbiceanu (1882–1963), writer, journalist, politician, academician and archpriestJános Apáczai Csere (1625–1659), humanist scholarGheorghe Avramescu (1884–1945), Lieutenant General during World War IIMiklós Bánffy (1873–1950), writer, illustrator, scenographer and foreign minister of HungaryMatei Boilă (1926–2015), politician and priestSámuel Brassai (1797–1897), linguist and teacherNicolae Bretan (1887–1968), opera composer, baritone, conductor, and music criticConstantin Daicoviciu (1898–1973), historian, archaeologist, professor, and communist politicianAurel Ciupe (1900–1985), painterDoina Cornea (1929–2018), human rights activist and French language professorGheorghe Dima [ro ] (1847–1925), composer, conductor, and teacherJenő Dsida (1907–1938), Hungarian poet, editor, translatorIuliu Hațieganu (1885–1959), physicianEmil Isac (1886–1954), poet and literary criticJenő Janovics (1872–1945), actor, scenarist, and directorAureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writerAdrian Marino [ro ] (1921–2005), essayist, critic, historian, and literary theoristLajos Martin (1827–1897), mathematician and engineerImre Mikó (1805–1876), governor of Transylvania John Paget (1808–1892), English agriculturist and author on HungaryTiberiu Popoviciu (1906–1975), mathematicianEmil Racoviță (1868–1947), savant, explorer, and founder of biospeleology Sándor Reményik (1890–1941), poetRaluca Ripan (1894–1972), chemistAlexandru Constantin Diaconescu [ 1]
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