Poland Lesser Poland Voivodeship Kraków
Cmentarz Rakowicki
A historic cemetery in Kraków featuring ornate tombs, national heroes' graves, and Commonwealth military burials.
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Hop over the railway lines behind the vast shopping mall of Galleria Krakowska and you’ll soon find the reaches of Rakowicki Cemetery. It covers 42 hectares of land, with a grid of crisscrossing lanes that pass grand, austere, elegant, and haunting tombs of Polish luminaries and famous folk. The best time to visit the great cemetery is on November 1, All Saints’ Day, when the graves are illuminated by thousands of glowing candles left by loved ones.
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