The Insurgents Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Belgrade, the capital of the Republic of Serbia. It is located in Karadjordjev park in Vracar. The cemetery contains the bodies of insurgents killed during the siege of Belgrade in the First Serbian Uprising in 1806. Of the graves of 50 insurgents, buried without coffins and arms, 12 tombstones remain.
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“Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“The cemetery isn’t really a place to make a statement.”
—Mary Elizabeth Baker, U.S. cemetery committee head. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 15 (June 13, 1988)