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Zagreb's central Mirogoj cemetery established in 1876 replaced several smaller, older cemeteries and was the city's first central cemetery serving all religions: Catholics, Muslims, Jews, and others. The Jewish section, established in 1878, replaced the two earlier Jewish
cemeteries. Jewish Section is at Mirogojska cesta. Established in 1878 and still exists with a Ceremonial Hall. The original size was 13 fields (10 Ashkenazi, Neolog, 2 Sephardic, 1 Orthodox) with about 4-5000 monuments, now reduced to about 1,500 monuments
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