In today’s excerpt from Prague Unbound , we visit the city’s creepiest necropolis…

The Olšany Cemetery (Olšanské hřbitovy) began in the 1680s when the plague swept through Prague and left some 30,000 corpses in its wake. The cemetery, outside what was then the city limits, expanded once more in the 18th century when the plague returned for a couple encore performances.

Today the beautiful necropolis boasts nearly a million residents by some estimates, making it nearly as populous as Prague itself. People now resting in its hallowed ground include many famous playwrights, actors and public figures you may have heard of, as well as a great many more that you most certainly have not.

But don’t feel bad for them – no one will remember you either.