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St George's Cemetery on Jurjevska Street – a forgotten place of local and national memory

Cemeteries are sacred and emotional zones as well as places of history, memory and identity. A diachronic approach in the research of burial sites can provide interesting historical and anthropological distinctions in their functions and characteristics. Throughout its history, Zagreb had many cemeteries which are nowadays forgotten, but in different periods were markers of economic, social, political and religious life. For our case study we have chosen the St. George's cemetery on Jurjevska Street. There are two main periods in the cemetery's past, which are connected to local and national historical memory. The cemetery was first mentioned in 1622. At first it was used by poorer citizens, but soon it became a graveyard for the wealthy. In the 19th century, it was the last resting place of many intellectuals connected to the Illyrian Movement, as well as the first victims who died for the national cause (“July Victims”). In 1876 the cemetery was converted into a public park. St. George's cemetery is a good example of how the urban development and change in the function of public space can affect the social memory and identity of a place, as well as lead to a change in its role in the social life of communities.

St. George cemetery ; Jurjevska street ; memory

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