Rakowicki Cemetery - Cracow Poland

Rakowicki Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cracow. Many founding families of Cracow are buried here (mostly in large family graves). Also many important individuals lie there. As you enter the gate there is a map outlining the arrangements of the plots and indicating where to find some important individuals' graves. It seems to highlight the old graves and leave out the most recent famous people buried there. 

One of the most famous romantic Polish painters was Jan Matejko. He has a family grave in the middle of a path all by itself.

Here is a tribute in a mass grave of various non-related individuals. 

He was a professor at Jagiellonian University during WWII and was arrested along with univ. colleagues by the Nazis during a gathering at the univ.

In addition to graves there are various monuments to those fallen victims of the Polish Legions, WWII, Home Army (underground movements) and Communism.

Polish Legion soldiers

General of Polish Legions

WWII concentration camp victims - front 

Sides of same WWII monument

Home Army tribute - front

Side view of Home Army monument 

Monument to victims of Communism

This cemetery is a beautiful tribute to those who are associated with Cracow.