Reformed Graveyard of Avas Hill

The area surrounding the church and the bell tower, protected from the floods of the Szinva Stream, is believed to have been used as a burial place since the settlement of the Hungarian population, and is therefore the oldest burial ground in Miskolc. Like the cellar rows in Avas, the graveyard was once beyond its basic function. Before the development of the City Hall Square as an administrative centre from the 17th century, the inhabitants of Miskolc were brought here to be given a hearing on various matters. This was the ''standing of the town'', or the people's assembly around the church.

Among the gravestones that have been preserved to this day, there are some from the 17th and 18th centuries. The importance of the graveyard in the history of the city is enhanced by the fact that many Miskolc citizens with significant lifetime achievements were buried in the Avas Graveyard. Among other things, the marble tomb of Bertalan Szemere, the first responsible Hungarian Minister of the Interior and later Prime Minister, the large marble obelisk of László Palóczy, the parliamentary representative of Borsod County and a leading reformist opposition figure in 1848, as well as the family resting place of the Latabár dynasty of actors, can be found here.