A monumental concrete wave, Columbarium represents a combination of landscape, architectural, and sculptural work. Its original purpose as a memorial – a columbarium for urns of important state personalities (and then officials) and a space for commemorative events – was never realised for various reasons. Nevertheless, the work forms an integral part of the composition of Urn Grove and of the entire Crematorium complex. 

The architect marks the contour of the terrain, the symbolic axis of the commemorative space, in a clean, minimalist style. Slopes rise in every direction, and rows of urn sites connected by a network of undulating paths follow the terrain. In his words, Ferdinand Milučký from the outset based his approach to the project not on adapting nature to fit the architecture, but, to the contrary, on adapting to the natural features of the terrain and achieving optimal integration of the work into the forest environment of the Subcarpathian belt. Therein lies the timelessness of his sculptural wave, its artistic value having endured even though its original purpose is no longer discernible. 

The work Columbarium is registered in the Central List of Monuments of Monuments Board under the number 11436/7. 

Research status as of 15. 11. 2022. 

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