Ostrava - Chapel of St. Elizabeth on the site of the former cemetery

Practically in the center of today's Ostrava, on the site of the current Husova sadu, there used to be a city cemetery with a chapel. It was founded as early as 1660 to bury the poor during epidemics. From 1784 until 1875 it was the main cemetery. It was abolished in 1888 and in the nineties of the 19th century. was turned into a city park. The Neo-Gothic cemetery chapel, which was built in 1899-1900 on the site of…