 In this new section the nominal painter Jan Matejko was buried there, among other notables.Between 1933 and 1934 the cemetery was widened at its north end, across an old military base, with a city street eliminated.In 1976, it was finally entered into the list of local heritage sites, and in 1979 it was the last place visited by Pope John Paul II during his June 2–10 first papal visit to his native homeland.