This historical cemetery - the first in Zakopane - is well-known as the final resting place of many of the city's famous residents, including Zakopane's founder Tytus Chałubiński, bard Sabała, skier and soldier Helena Murusarzówna, artist Władysław Hasior, Zakopane style creator Stanisław Witkiewicz, and writers Władysław Orkan, Kornel Makuszyński, and Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer; there is also a symbolic grave of artist and eccentric Witkacy (actually occupied by the corpse of an unnamed Ukrainian woman, buried here in an infamous Soviet-era farce). Founded in the mid 19th century on land gifted by Jan Pęksa - who is also buried in the cemetery, as are his descendants - the brzyzek ('steep creek bank' in local dialect) now holds some 500 graves within its stone walls. Almost all feature unique tombstones crafted in wood, metal, and stone, with folk designs and even glass paintings; some of the most impressive specimens were made in the atelier of Władysław Hasior. On your way in you will pass the oldest wooden church in Zakopane, the St. Mary of Częstochowa Church.