Considering the time of year, with both Hallowe’en and mid-term break coming up very soon, we have been looking at some of the spookiest attractions in our favourite holiday destinations that make for perfect getaway locations, across all of our websites. If you’re talking about Croatia, for example, there are quite a few haunted spots and creepy locations to visit but if you have found a vacation rental in Zagreb then the one spooky attraction that you need to pencil in is a visit to the Old Jurjevsko Cemetery.
A forgotten cemetery that has largely fallen into disuse and little-known gem, which those seeking it out are often told to avoid as it is said to be haunted, the cemetery is first mentioned in writing all the way back in 1377, when it was noted as a “cemetery for the poor” or (more politely) the “Chestnut Cemetery”. It came into being when spaces in the existing cemeteries in town ran short and was established as an alternative burial space for free citizens with less money. By the 18th century, it, too, became crowded and was expanded in 1729. The chapel attached to the burial ground was also made more luxurious and the stigma of it being for the poor disappeared. Further expansion happened in 1825 but, abruptly, in 1876, it was closed and Mirogoj Cemetery became the city’s main burial ground. Read More
A forgotten cemetery that has largely fallen into disuse and little-known gem, which those seeking it out are often told to avoid as it is said to be haunted, the cemetery is first mentioned in writing all the way back in 1377, when it was noted as a “cemetery for the poor” or (more politely) the “Chestnut Cemetery”. It came into being when spaces in the existing cemeteries in town ran short and was established as an alternative burial space for free citizens with less money. By the 18th century, it, too, became crowded and was expanded in 1729. The chapel attached to the burial ground was also made more luxurious and the stigma of it being for the poor disappeared. Further expansion happened in 1825 but, abruptly, in 1876, it was closed and Mirogoj Cemetery became the city’s main burial ground. Read More
