Some of the greatest sights in the cemetery are the 19th century mausoleums. These were built to hold leaders who revolted against Hasburg rule. Each monument has a unique history.

 

One monument is the József Antall monument, which honors the first leader after Communist rule. The monument represents four horses trying to break free from the sheets on top of them.

 

The plots of Hungarian heroes Lajos Kossuth (Plot 23), Count Lajos Batthyány (Plot 19) and Ferenc Deàk (Plot 37/1) stand out above all others in the cemetery. Kossuth was a political leader of the Independence War in 1848 and 1849. Batthyány, who was in office in 1848, is viewed as the first responsible Hungarian prime minister. Deák negotiated the Austrian-Hungarian compromise between Hungary and Austria that united the two kingdoms.

 

There are less frequented plots in the cemetery as well—for example urns of those who fought on behalf of the Soviets and the Pantheon made for the Workers’ Movement.

 

In other parts of the cemetery, there are hundreds of other tombs and sculptures, which pay honor to sculptors, painters, scientists, architects and writers of Hungary:

 

• Plot 11: Lajos Battyány’s Mausoleum: He is the first responsible Hungarian Prime Minister and was executed after the defeat of the 1848-49 Independence War.

• Plots 12-13: Pantheon and Parcels of Workers’ Movement: The pantheon and parcels that surround it were formed at the end of 1950 for leaders of the time and people in the Workers’ Movement.

• Plot 17: Tomb of Sándor Petöfi’s Family: He was Hungary's greatest poet, who disappeared in one of the last battles of the 1848-1849 Independence War. His family was granted this tomb in 1908.

• Plots 18-19: Arcades Row: These two buildings were erected in 1910 to be a resting place for wealthy middle-class families. Other than the statues, the inside is decorated with mosaics.

• Plot 22: Tomb of Mihály Károlyi: In 1918-19, after World War I, he was the president of the Hungarian Republic.

• Plot 23: Lajos Kossuth’s Mausoleum: He was the political leader of the Independence War in 1848-49. His mausoleum is the largest sepulchral structure in Hungary.

• Plot 24: Abraham Ganz’s Mausoleum: He came to Hungary from Switzerland and became a founder of one of the largest iron and steel works.

• Plot 27: Parcel of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: This is the resting place of two world-famous scientists, along with others. These scientists are Leó Szilárd, an atomic physicist, and György Hevesy, a Nobel Prize chemist.

• Plot 24: “Museal” Parcel: The “Museal” Parcel reflects the conditions of the 1930s.

• Plots 34/1, 41, 42/1: Artists’ Parcel: This was established in 1928 around the monumental tomb of Mihály Munnkácsy, the painter with a worldwide reputation.