Beautiful Cemeteries! Beautiful Graveyards!

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20 Cemeteries You Need to Visit Before You Die

Sure, Halloween is tomorrow, but autumn is just generally the best time of year to walk through a beautiful cemetery and appreciate not only the serenity, but also the landscape, intricate tombstones, and sometimes even the final resting places of famous historical figures. Some people find them creepy, while others purposely seek out graveyards when they go out of town. For those of the latter persuasion, here are 20 cemeteries you absolutely must visit — before you, well, end up in one yourself.


St. Louis No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana

Everyone who visits the Crescent City quickly realizes that it is a place with an energy and culture all its own, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise that this, the oldest of its three Roman Catholic cemeteries, is an above-ground burial site that has been one of the city’s most notable landmarks since 1789.

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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

The most beautiful place in all of Brooklyn, Green-Wood was founded in 1838, and, in a very New York sort of way, is some truly desirable real estate — even if its inhabitants can’t enjoy it. The cemetery includes the highest spot in the city, Battle Hill, with its view of the Statue of Liberty in the distance, and such famous residents as William “Bill The Butcher” Poole, Henry Ward Beecher, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Leonard Bernstein, and plenty of Civil War soldiers.

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Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

The Windy City’s most famous cemetery boasts some of the best-looking and creepiest tombstones in the United States, including the Getty Tomb for Cary Eliza Getty, which was designed by Louis Sullivan (who is also buried on the grounds), and a life-size statue of a six-year-old girl who was killed by lightning while picnicking with her family.

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Père-Lachaise, Paris, France

The most well-known cemetery in one of the world’s most famous cities, everybody from Marcel Proust to Frédéric Chopin rests here, and that’s why tourists flock here year after year.

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Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia

The oldest cemetery in Atlanta is home to six Georgia governors and Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchel, and is just as mysterious and beautiful as you’d expect a graveyard in one of the South’s greatest cities to be.

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La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

This gorgeous Argentinean cemetery has been around since the mid-1700s. Its weathered graves feature an incredible mix of Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Baroque, and Neo-Gothic styles.

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Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

This serene and historic New England cemetery is about as quaint as it gets, and a perfect place to read the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who’s buried there.

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Xoxocotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico

Even if you don’t happen to find yourself in Mexico on the Day of the Dead, the cemeteries in this city are all worth trying to see at least once in your life.

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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California

You can honor our country’s fallen soldiers by taking a trip to Arlington Cemetery, but this graveyard overlooking the bay is a particularly scenic resting place for heroes from several American wars.

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Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California

The iconic Hollywood cemetery that is home to silver screen legends like Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks is (for lack of a better term) about as dead-Hollywood as it gets.

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Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic

With its oldest tombstone dating back to 1439, the Old Jewish Cemetery is a historic landmark. But sorry, tourists, it’s not where you’ll find Franz Kafka’s grave — that’s actually at the New Jewish Cemetery. Sorry for the confusion

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Key West Cemetery, Key West, Florida

Learn about the history of the region by walking among the estimated 100,000 grave sites in this supposedly haunted cemetery on the highest point in Key West. Soldiers, slaves, Cuban freedom fighters, and thousands of other souls tell a tale of Florida that you can’t read in history books.

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The Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

The outer boroughs of New York are full of gems, but this Bronx cemetery boasts a number of famous figures, from Herman Melville to Duke Ellington and Joseph Pulitzer.

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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

Located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, this Savannah cemetery is the epitome of Southern Gothic, and was made famous in John Berendt’s 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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Merry Cemetery, Sapanta, Romania

Almost as much an open-air art museum as it is a burial ground, this Romanian cemetery might be the cheeriest graveyard you’ll ever encounter.

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Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia

The fact that it houses the graves of so many of your favorite long-dead Russians, from director Sergei Eisenstein to Dead Souls author Nikolai Gogol to Anton Chekhov, makes this an obligatory stop in Moscow, even for people who aren’t normally wild about cemeteries.

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Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, Australia

Not to sound morbid, but if you have to pick a final resting place, it’s tough to beat a seaside burial in this beautiful Australian cemetery that was established in 1877.

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Cementerio General de Santiago, Chile

With an estimated two million grave sites, this cemetery is home to several of Chile’s former presidents, and is worth multiple stops to try and see as many of the different headstones and markers as possible.

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Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

If you find yourself doing a tour of East Coast cemeteries, you’ll be remiss to pass up this cemetery filled with former politicians and monuments that should be appreciated as great works of art.

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Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts

It’s hard to believe this burial ground, founded in 1660, is only the third oldest in the city of Boston — especially because it contains the graves of founding fathers Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams.

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Source: http://flavorwire.com/422650/20-cemeteries-you-need-to-visit-before-you-die/1/

[Loki]

You have weird tastes :p

[Kazimiera]

Most HAUNTING AND FAMOUS CEMETERIES in the World

Halloween, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day -- from October 31st to November 2nd, much of the Western world celebrates the spirits and the dead. But on all other days of the year, the dearly departed are remembered in cemeteries all over the globe. Many of those are quite famous and popular tourist attractions. These are the ones you must visit:


PERE-LACHAISE CEMETERY, Paris

Perhaps the most visited cemetery in the world, this one is home to the graves of famous names like Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison. It was the model for many cemeteries around the world, filled with trees, marble, and a sea of gravestones. The place is so big, visitors need a map, and there are also guided tours

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LA RECOLETA, Buenos Aires

Eva Peron's resting place draws countless visitors, but the cemetery itself is a monumental sight. There are giant marble statues and beautifully carved mausoleums, holding the remains of Argentina's most prestigious personalities. You may visit it during a walking tour

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Washington DC

More than a cemetery, this is a memorial to American patriotism: over 360,000 American veterans rest in peace at this famous burial site. Covered with headstones, this cemetery is a lesson in American history, with most visitors heading straight to John F. Kennedy's grave. Not to be missed is the ceremonial changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier every thirty minutes in the spring and summer, and every hour on the hour from October to March.

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ZENTRALFRIEDHOF, Vienna

Beethoven, Schubert, Johann Strauss, and several other famous names are interred in Vienna's largest and most famous cemetery. In the center is a monumental church, and although this is a mostly Catholic cemetery, there are also Protestant, Russian Orthodox, and Jewish sections.

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SÃO JOÃO BATISTA CEMETERY, Rio de Janeiro

Carmen Miranda, Antonio Carlos Jobim (composer of "The Girl from Ipanema"), and aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont were laid to rest in this cemetery owned and operated by a Catholic charity founded by the Portuguese during colonial times. It is a place filled with tombs and mausoleums, and due to its famous personalities, it is known as "the cemetery of the stars."

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HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London

Karl Marx is just one of the names found on the many stones of this cemetery, but it is mostly known as a filming location for horror movies, including "Taste the Blood of Dracula" and "From Beyond the Grave." A tour takes visitors past decaying tombstones and shrubbery for one of London's spookiest experiences.

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PRAZERES CEMETERY, Lisbon

Many tourists end up visiting this cemetery because they discover it by accident. It is found at the end of the line of the popular "tourist tram" 28, and its monumental tombs draw attention (a huge pyramidal mausoleum belonging to Duke of Palmela is the largest in Europe). It has a strange name for a cemetery ("Pleasures"), but that's the name of the neighborhood where it's located. Found on a hilltop, it has some great views of the city's landmark 25 de Abril Bridge. The city's most famous grave, however, is found in the English Cemetery not very far away. That's the tomb of Henry Fielding, author of "Tom Jones," who died in Lisbon.

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OLD JEWISH CEMETERY, Prague

Unlike many other famous cemeteries, this one does not have the graves of well-known personalities. Instead, it is the 15th century burial ground of 12,000 Jewish souls. It's one of Europe's most haunting sites, covered in old gravestones.

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GREYFRIARS KIRKYARD, Edinburgh

This graveyard next to a church in central Edinburgh is reputedly haunted. That may stem from the eerie feeling visitors get when they see the thousands of 17th-century graves with carvings of skeletons and when they know that this is also the site of a 17th century prison. A number of paranormal sightings were reported here in the 1990s but it is now a tourist attraction.

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CITY OF THE DEAD, Cairo

Cairo's City of the Dead is also the city of the living. Known simply as "al Qarafa" ("the cemetery"), it seems to have as many dead as living residents, as it is also home to the city's poorest population. The site has been a burial ground for over a millennium, but with homes and shops built next to mausoleums and gravestones. Local authorities don't like seeing it promoted as a tourist attraction, so while you won't be able to go in a large group on a bus tour, you can see it by yourself before this singular neighborhood becomes a thing of the past.

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Père-Lachaise — Paris, France

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Merry Cemetery — Sapanta, Romania

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St. Louis No. 1 — New Orleans, La.

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La Recoleta Cemetery — Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Xoxocotlan — Oaxaca, Mexico

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Old Jewish Cemetery — Prague, Czech Republic

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Lone Fir Cemetery — Portland, Ore.

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Green-Wood Cemetery—Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Highgate Cemetery — London, England

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Cemeterio General — Santiago, Chile

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Bonaventure — Savannah, Ga.

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Punta Arenas Cemetery — Punta Arenas, Chile

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Novodevichy Cemetery — Moscow, Russia

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Woodlawn Cemetery — Bronx, N.Y.

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Waverley Cemetery — Sydney, Australia

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Heiliger Sand, a very old Jewish cemetery, from Worms, one of the centers from where Ashkenazi culture and population would arise. The Ashkenazi masses from Eastern Europe likely share ancestry with those buried there. It is considered the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe (apart from Jewish burials in Roman catacombs).

The grave of Jacob ha-Bachur, from 1076/1077:

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The grave of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (d 1293):

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The grave of Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (c. 1365 – September 14, 1427), the Maharil:

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There are no records revealing the ‘foundation’ of the Jewish cemetery. The oldest surviving gravestone is that of one Jacob Bahur of 1076, making the ‘Holy Sands’ the oldest existing Jewish cemetery of Europe. There are several other 11th-century gravestones, readily discernible by their simple, rectangular shape, the ruled lines within and the borders around the text. The many stones from the 12th century look similar, but have no lines or borders.

The cemetery may have been established in the time when the first synagogue was built in 1034. However, the importance of the ‘Holy Sands’ not only lies in its old age, but also in the numerous Jewish scholars that are buried here. Since there are no more Christian cemeteries with upright gravestones from the Romanesque period, the Jewish cemetery is also unique in the general cultural history of cemeteries. Only a small number of grave slabs and sarcophagus tops have been kept in churches.

Situated close to the entrance, the gravestones of Meïr of Rothenburg (d 1293) and Alexander ben Solomon Wimpfen (d 1307) are among the most significant sepulchral monuments of the cemetery and are a place of pilgrimage for Jews from all over the world. Some other important gravestones can be found in and around the so-called Valley of the Rabbis, among others those of Rabbi Nathan ben Isaac (d 1333), Rabbi Jacob ben Moses haLevi, called MaHaRIL (d 1427), Rabbi Meïr ben Isaac (d 1511) and Elia Loanz, called Baal Shem (b 1636).
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La Loma Catholic Cemetery in Manila, Philippines
Built: 1884

The oldest cemetery in Manila still in use today, it was originally called Cementerio de Binondo. It was later renamed Campo Santo de La Loma, or "cemetery on the hill" in Spanish. La Loma was exclusive to Catholics during the Spanish occupation. People who opposed Spanish rule were also denied burial here.


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Manila Chinese Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Built: late 1880s

Filipino Chinese were not allowed to be buried in Catholic burial grounds like La Loma during the Spanish period, thus the creation of a cemetery for the Chinese.

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It looks like a Village
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Manila North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Built: late 1880s to early 1890s

The largest cemetery in Metro Manila measuring 54 hectares, the Manila North Cemetery was built because La Loma was exclusive to Catholics and Filipinos loyal to the Spanish.

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[Selurong]

You can clearly see the Art-Deco style of the Manila North Cemetery.

Whereas the Manila American Memorial Cemetery is more Academic or Federation style.
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I love that cemetery dearly though. Since it's location is awesome. It's constructed as a circular field of verdant green.

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Surrounded by skyscrapers on all sides.
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Furthermore, it's composition is awesome: it's surrounded by War-Heroes, Soldiers and Martyrs taken from from several nations of the Allied Forces but mostly made-up of Americans though but you can still spot the occasional, Aussie, Filipino, Brit, Chinese, Mexican or French among them.

Very hallowed grounds and simultaneously the central green lungs of the up and coming Bonifacio Global City built around that Cemetery.

There are also war maps pertaining to the World Allied Campaign in the Atlantic Side (Europe, North Africa and Middle East)

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/05/71/17/47/manila-american-cemetery.jpg

As well as campaign maps in the Pacific Side (Asia [East, Southeast and South], Australia and Oceania)
http://www.imagesphilippines.com/images/021803_172121.jpg

Better than some other cities and the cemeteries in that it also has better history and made up of more heroic people too.

Names of the Allied War Dead
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u87GZQR3BYY/TWTtEI_dSYI/AAAAAAAAAqw/kX-mY5ztWm4/s1600/w1.jpg

With some decorated heroes seen in some.
http://travelswithsheila.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/manila-cemetary-4-names.jpg

[The Lawspeaker]

Garden of the Divine Word, Quezon City (Philippines).

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/gelreg07/IMG_0359-2.jpg

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/gelreg07/IMG_0356.jpg

https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t1.0-9/p417x417/25289_115936838428615_2389862_n.jpg

http://allaboutbestreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gdw1.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/62494294.jpg

[Selurong]

Garden of the Divine Word, Quezon City (Philippines).

I like the American Cemetery in the Netherlands.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQTzYPz1YfQ9gNh-0swd8LN1jhk_usjd1MRgZDv4IXzvC1xjU5A

http://s.inyourpocket.com/gallery/item_16241.jpg

The Doves that intersect across the statue give in an illusion of real flight. Great artwork and huge imagination for the Dutch sculptors.

[The Lawspeaker]

I like the American Cemetery in the Netherlands.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQTzYPz1YfQ9gNh-0swd8LN1jhk_usjd1MRgZDv4IXzvC1xjU5A

http://s.inyourpocket.com/gallery/item_16241.jpg

The Doves that intersect across the statue give in an illusion of real flight. Great artwork and huge imagination for the Dutch sculptors.

That one is in Margraten, Limburg Province and is officially U.S soil.


Militair Ereveld Grebbeberg (Netherlands):

http://www.ogs.nl/pix/Grebbeberg%202008%202.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Cemetery_Grebbeberg_the_Netherlands.jpg/640px-Cemetery_Grebbeberg_the_Netherlands.jpg

http://www.ogs.nl/pix/greb%281%29.jpg

http://www.refdag.nl/polopoly_fs/anp_23224685_web_1_824695!image/2277986606.jpg


For those whose graves were never located and their bodies never recovered:

http://www.ogs.nl/pix/Monument%20mei%201940%202.jpg

[Selurong]

That one is in Margraten, Limburg Province and is officially U.S soil.


Militair Ereveld Grebbeberg (Netherlands):

For those whose graves were never located and their bodies never recovered:

I liked how they used living flowers over the graves. It's such a hassle to procure cut flowers for your loved ones and then have it rot the following day.

At least there, there shall be a perpetual bloom in their honor.

[The Lawspeaker]

I liked how they used living flowers over the graves. It's such a hassle to procure cut flowers for your loved ones and then have it rot the following day.

At least there, there shall be a perpetual bloom in their honor.

In the colours of the national flag too. (red, white and blue. And orange being a national colour because it's a symbol for the monarchy). Originally the Ereveld was meant for both Dutch and German victims of the Battle of the Netherlands in 1940 but after the war the Germans were moved to a different cemetery near Ysselsteyn (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duitse_militaire_begraafplaats_in_Ysselsteyn) and I think that the Ereveld should become a joint cemetery once more and a symbol for reconciliation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH6PmF1WVvw

Military ceremony during Memorial Day (4 May).

[Minesweeper]

Novo groblje(New cemetery) in Belgrade. One of the most fascinating places in the city with incredible diversity of styles and symbols. Next to each other, many historical figures found their peace. The cemetery is quite ''multicultural'', ''multireligious'' and ''multiideological'' and you will hopefuly be able to notice it from these pictures.

http://iheartbelgrade.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/p1120980.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kMPNVauYFlM/Sr9MYDjPt0I/AAAAAAAAJ-w/YY8YOwR5GF8/s1600/decak-spomenik.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kMPNVauYFlM/Sr9MjEnbtVI/AAAAAAAAJ_I/zSmfWnBFXEo/s1600/novo-groblje.jpg

http://www.novosti.rs/upload/images/2012//04/03n/bgd-groblje.jpg

http://www.makabijada.com/dopis/gradovi/grobgd/zasluzni.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Grob_Kolarca.jpg/576px-Grob_Kolarca.jpg

http://pouke.org/forum/uploads/monthly_05_2013/post-13907-0-19370000-1368888239.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Grob_Nu%C5%A1i%C4%87a.jpg/401px-Grob_Nu%C5%A1i%C4%87a.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sr/1/1f/Rosa_Plaveva_Novo_groblje.JPG

http://albums.karike.com/s3/1/8/2/1822516099.jpg

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/c60/c60ac6f32b33c1cb49933c16e9978bbb.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/chule80/VIDOVDAN/HEROJI/SavicaMedakovic_2_zpsd3b4a6bd.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5253419741_cc82210244.jpg

[Zmey Gorynych]

Been to Pere Lachaise so I can die a happy man :) Mount Auburn, Laurel Hill, Lone Fir and Green-Wood look nice, I think.

Saint Lazarus Cemetery AKA Doina Cemetery (Moldova, Chisinau) the biggest cemetery in Europe.

http://st.interakt.md/content/news/big/video-doina-groparilor---un-documentar-despre-cimitirul-sfantul-lazar-din-chisinau.jpg
http://www.hbo.ro/siteimages/galleryimages/134000/134328/resized/000_digging_for_life_hr_01_-_254.jpg

What a desolate, ugly place and big as fuck. Been there once and I'm never going back :)

[Maximum Speed]

The Bonaria cemetery of Cagliari, Sardinia:

http://i.imgur.com/ujZbcGm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/e1qlUoH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/F250Hej.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9fa4yAa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bLmXC0v.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4bM6fal.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vZeoPkK.jpg

[Minesweeper]

Children statues have something ''bizarre'' about them, can't find a good expression.

[Armand_Duval]

I've been to Pere Lachaise and to Montparnasse Cementeries at Paris...:thumb001:

I visited Porfirio's Díaz Tumb at Montparnasse.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Tumba_PD.jpg

[Ivan Kramskoï]

Novodievitchi graveyard above all, I visited it while in Moscow, there is an odd but powerfull atmosphere there.
Many graveyard are invaded by roots, it is peaceful there.

[Armand_Duval]

The Bonaria cemetery of Cagliari, Sardinia:

http://i.imgur.com/ujZbcGm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/e1qlUoH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/F250Hej.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9fa4yAa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bLmXC0v.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4bM6fal.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vZeoPkK.jpg

Those statues project a lot of force, there is something very melancholic, powerful and at the same time creepy about them. I like it.

[Maximum Speed]

Those statues project a lot of force, there is something very melancholic, powerful and at the same time creepy about them. I like it.

http://i.imgur.com/4bM6fal.jpg

In the written:
"Naughty! Why don't you wake up?!"

[Armand_Duval]

http://i.imgur.com/4bM6fal.jpg

In the written:
"Naughty! Why don't you wake up?!"

Yeah it is really touching, we only can imagine the feelings of those parents who had it done.

[Kazimiera]

Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527038_free.jpg


Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527039_free.jpg


La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527040_free.jpg


San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527041_free.jpg


Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, California

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527042_free.jpg


Highgate Cemetery, London

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527043_free.jpg


Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527044_free.jpg


Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527045_free.jpg


Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Glendale, California

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527046_free.jpg


Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527047_free.jpg


Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527048_free.jpg


Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527049_free.jpg


Golders Green Crematorium, London

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527050_free.jpg


Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527051_free.jpg


Tikhvin Cemetery, Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg, Russia

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527052_free.jpg


Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Eire

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527053_free.jpg


Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/14/kalaupapa-cemetery-tree-crypt_n_5565690.html

[Graham]

Cemeteries are wonderful places, great place to visit here. Full of history & community. Though the top twenty is shite, because it is mainly American when Europe has better.

[Kazimiera]

Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527054_free.jpg


Sleepy Hollow, Concord, MA

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527055_free.jpg


Staglieno

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527056_free.jpg


Skogskyrkogården

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527057_free.jpg

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527058_free.jpg


Peoples of all Religions

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527059_free.jpg


Under Age Germans

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527060_free.jpg


Fontanelle Cemetery, Naples, Italy

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527061_free.jpg


St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527062_free.jpg


William Sherman grave site St. Louis MO

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527063_free.jpg


Cave Hill Cemetary - Louisville, KY

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/250859/slide_250859_1527064_free.jpg


Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/14/kalaupapa-cemetery-tree-crypt_n_5565690.html

[♥ Lily ♥]

Kensal Green Cemetery in West London is one of England's oldest and most beautiful public burial grounds, and certainly its most prestigious. It's visited by photographers, writers and goths turning up on motorbikes regularly. It's full of unusual graves and tombs showing how different cultures viewed death throughout the different eras of time.

The cemetery has 72 acres of grounds, including two conservation areas, adjoining a canal. Kensal Green Cemetery is home to at least 33 species of bird and other wildlife. A lot of famous and prestigious people have been buried in this cemetery over the last 180 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensal_Green_Cemetery (")


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKfOP0JS3E

London is said to be the most haunted city in Europe due to it's long dark history for those who believe in the occult/supernatural and Kensal Green is said to be 'haunted'.

Brompton Cemetery (London), est. 1840.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93HShXSSm_4

[♥ Lily ♥]

St. Mary's Cemetery. Established in 1858, the 29 acre (120,000 m²) site was built next door to the much larger Anglican & Non-Conformist Kensal Green Cemetery located in West London.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqJgpbmDqKQ

[♥ Lily ♥]

Highgate Cemetery in North London is a very charming place in a quiet and lovely old atmospheric setting in Highgate Village.
It's deliberately kept wild and overgrown adding to its natural sprawling feeling and antiquity, with foxes openly running around.

Lots of famous people are buried in this cemetery, there's walking guide tours available, it's the home to Victorian graves, the Highgate Vampire, Egyptian Avenue, unusual graves in the shapes of pianos and horses, and massive statues of some very famous people buried in there.

"Highgate Cemetery is designated Grade I on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It is divided into two parts, named the East and West cemetery. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves at Highgate Cemetery. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for some of the people buried there as well as for its de facto status as a nature reserve."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate_cemetery (")


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP1T6C_dl6w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRC99wio-N8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlwbEtEc3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Y9IlFYJRU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjAzjjf0gI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7STB6q_lz8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAItBJyCqLg

The Highgate Vampire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34sTg7qxbDc

[♥ Lily ♥]

The beautiful and historic Père Lachaise Cemetery where many famous people are buried, such as Jim Morrison from The Doors band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826GJParjCE

The eerie catacombs of Paris below the ground with over 6 million skulls in those tunnels.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--ti8nSK5ZQ

[♥ Lily ♥]

Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily.
Lots of skeletons hang from the visitor walls dressed in their original clothes to show their characters.
Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it.
It's one of the most macabre and eerie places on earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_Catacombs (")


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj8ZWFU3uOI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CR90jlqdDg

[♥ Lily ♥]

The body of a 100 year old dead girl (Rosalia Lombardo) is kept preserved in a glass case on display at the Catacaombe dei Cappuccini in Sicily, where she looks like an angel.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU-VYbYidbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6W6JleqCc4

[♥ Lily ♥]

"Les Routiers Café of the Year 2012, the Café in the Crypt is the ideal spot for affordable dining in central London.
Londoners and visitors from around the world return again and again to take in the striking atmosphere and enjoy the freshly prepared food.
Once inside the Crypt there is a warm welcome awaiting you with beautiful 18th century architecture brick-vaulted ceilings, historic tombstones beneath your feet and delicious home-cooked food to feast your eyes and stomach on."

https://sp1.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608019841496908049&pid=15.1&P=0 https://sp1.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608052856913660245&pid=15.1&P=0https://sp2.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608013021095068174&pid=15.1&P=0
More images in the link below.
http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/cafe-in-the-crypt/ (]https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV2bXc8dTOw4AU3JLBQx.?p=crypt+cafe+ st+martin%27s+in+the+fields&fr=ytff1-msgr&fr2=piv-web[/URL]

Lively jazz music is played some evenings at the Crypt Cafe where dancing takes place within the old crypt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy17o8cSjpI

[URL=)

[Linet]

A' cementary of Athens (A' κοιμητήριο Αθηνών)


http://sociology.panteion.gr/getfile.php?type=10&id=1042

http://www.digital-camera.gr/photos/koimomeni_36634.jpg

http://www.glyptothiki.gr/Portals/0/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B7%C F%82%20%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82% 20Chaldoupis%20Ioannis/070320093072.jpg

http://www.digital-camera.gr/photos/sofia_a_nekrotafeio_athinon.jpg

http://www.google.gr/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=4F86h-WL0L3u7M&tbnid=tT8Z91dg6JgSMM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fglypto.wordpress.com%2Fcategory%2 F%25CE%25B1%25CE%2584-%25CE%25BD%25CE%25B5%25CE%25BA%25CF%2581%25CE%25BF %25CF%2584%25CE%25B1%25CF%2586%25CE%25B5%25CE%25AF %25CE%25BF-%25CE%25B1%25CE%25B8%25CE%25AE%25CE%25BD%25CE%25B1 %25CF%2582%2Fpage%2F20%2F&ei=33vHU96dD4PaPPzGgMAN&bvm=bv.71198958,d.bGQ&psig=AFQjCNE_eXHT7OFYTXk2GXb_2KulVQreOg&ust=1405668033944388

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/The_First_Cemetery_of_Athens.jpg

http://news.princeoliver.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1%CE%BF-%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%86%C E%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BD%CF%8E%CE%BD.jpg

[♥ Lily ♥]

Westminster Abbey (Westminster City in London) is the house of dead kings and queens.
The tombs of monarchs can be seen inside this historic place.
In addition to the tombs, there's a world-class interior, astounding medieval crafstmanship, incredibly old objects, poets corner, a load of monuments and countless other beautiful things.
It holds royal tombs and oil paintings inside this place, and a sacred floor that's not been seen for a century.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2388hTrKn3g

[Kazimiera]

1. Père-Lachaise — Paris, France

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr05/2013/6/19/16/enhanced-buzz-wide-21917-1371674896-34.jpg

On any given day, rock music can be heard radiating out of Père-Lachaise as fans of Jim Morrison pay their respects to the late musician, but the cemetery is also the final resting place of many other famous artists.

Notable residents: Jim Morrison (1943–1973), lead singer of The Doors; Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), poet and writer; Èdith Piaf (1915–1963), singer; to name a few.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-11419-1371845050-13.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-11419-1371845050-14.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-11419-1371845051-15.jpg


2. Merry Cemetery — Sapanta, Romania

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/19/17/enhanced-buzz-wide-21010-1371675955-7.jpg

Each grave site is marked with a brightly colored tombstone that depicts either the person buried or a memorable scene from their life. Many tombstones include a funny epitaph or poem.

Notable residents: None.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-31539-1371845993-15.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-31539-1371845993-16.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-31539-1371845994-17.jpg


3. St. Louis No. 1 — New Orleans, La.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/6/19/17/enhanced-buzz-wide-22813-1371676486-29.jpg

This above-ground cemetery was built with floods in mind, since New Orleans sits below sea level. Yet the cemetery has certainly been weathered over the years, giving it a spooky, dilapidated appeal.

Notable residents: Marie Laveau (1794–1881), voodoo priestess.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-5513-1371845978-11.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-5513-1371845979-12.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-5513-1371845979-13.jpg


4. La Recoleta Cemetery — Buenos Aires, Argentina

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/19/17/enhanced-buzz-wide-24675-1371677461-49.jpg

These elaborate above-ground mausoleums took over the preexisting traditional cemetery in the mid-1800s when the wealthy began inhabiting this area of the city.

Notable residents: Many famous Argentinians, including Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906), president of Argentina.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-31539-1371845358-12.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-31539-1371845359-13.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-31539-1371845359-14.jpg


5. Xoxocotlan — Oaxaca, Mexico

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/6/19/17/enhanced-buzz-wide-8423-1371678061-12.jpg

This cemetery comes alive on the Day of the Dead (Nov. 1), when mourners crowd its grounds to celebrate their loved ones.

Notable residents: None.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-30874-1371845662-4.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-30874-1371845662-5.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/6/21/16/grid-cell-30874-1371845662-6.jpg


Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/drop-dead-gorgeous-cemeteries-around-the-world

[Kazimiera]

6. Old Jewish Cemetery — Prague, Czech Republic

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/6/19/17/enhanced-buzz-wide-22813-1371678539-38.jpg

Over 12,000 graves are squeezed into this city-block-sized cemetery. It sits 10 feet above street level because graves were piled on top of each other when they ran out of horizontal room.

Notable residents: Judah Loew Ben Bezalel (1520–1609), chief rabbi of Prague.

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7. Lone Fir Cemetery — Portland, Ore.

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Lone Fir is one of the few cemeteries that allows mourners to plant trees or flowers in honor of their loved ones. As a result, the cemetery has become a community garden of sorts.

Notable residents: Many of the Chinese immigrants that built Portland from the ground up are buried here.

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8. Green-Wood Cemetery—Brooklyn, N.Y.

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From many points throughout the graveyard, sweeping views of Manhattan and beyond are visible.

Notable residents: Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), designer and artist.

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9. Highgate Cemetery — London, England

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This haggard, Victorian-style cemetery was built on the outskirts of North London because preexisting cemeteries in Central London were contaminating drinking water. A vampire was rumored to haunt its gates in the 1970s.

Notable residents: Karl Marx (1818–1883), philosopher.

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10. Cemeterio General — Santiago, Chile

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With over two million deceased interred, Cementerio General is the largest cemetery in all of South America.

Notable residents: Everyone from commoners to presidents.

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Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/drop-dead-gorgeous-cemeteries-around-the-world

[Kazimiera]

11. Bonaventure — Savannah, Ga.

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Built on an old plantation, Bonaventure is now famous for being featured on the cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt.

Notable residents: Conrad Aiken (1889–1973), novelist and poet.

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12. Punta Arenas Cemetery — Punta Arenas, Chile

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In 1919, wealthy pioneer Sara Braun donated money to build the cemetery’s front gate on the condition that once her body passed through, the gates would remain closed forever. And so they have.

Notable residents: Sara Braun (?-?), Russian pioneer.

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13. Novodevichy Cemetery — Moscow, Russia

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In the 1930s, the remains of many famous Muscovites were transferred from smaller cemeteries that were being demolished throughout Moscow.

Notable residents: Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007), first president of the Russian Federation.

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14. Woodlawn Cemetery — Bronx, N.Y.

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With more than 30,000 laid to rest there, the Woodlawn Cemetery has been deemed a national landmark.

Notable residents: Duke Ellington (1889–1974), jazz musician, and Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), journalist.

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15. Waverley Cemetery — Sydney, Australia

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This resting place with a view was beautiful enough to be featured in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.

Notable residents: Henry Lawson (1867–1922), writer and poet.

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Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/drop-dead-gorgeous-cemeteries-around-the-world

[Graham]

Fairly random Cemetries in Scotland, from some picked photos. Thought we'd be in one of the lists at least. :)

One thing typical mist works well with.

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[Maximum Speed]

English cemetery in Golfo Aranci, Sardinia.
The bodies of the crew of a british ship which sank in 1900 are buried here.

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[Kazimiera]

Source: http://www.viralnova.com/creepiest-and-strangest-graves/

1. Weeping at the piano. I wonder if she played...

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2. This woman really loved her Micky Mouse.

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3. I hope this guy didn't die of anything smoking related.

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4. The grave of a maze maker. Could you solve it?

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5. Sleeping forever.

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6. A tree taking over an old grave.

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7. From a graveyard in Paris, France. It's a hauntingly beautiful gravestone.

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8. A heart broken mother had this grave designed for her deceased 10-year-old daughter in 1871. While she was alive, the daughter was terrified of storms. The grave was constructed with an entrance that descends to the level of the coffin. Her mother would come and enter the tomb during storms to comfort her child.

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9. This life size girl in the glass box grave was commissioned by the girl's mother.

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10. This is the grave of a 16-year-old girl. Her sister has this life-sized gravestone commissioned for her.

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11. Endless love, from Thailand.

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12. This one is strange, but still manages to be so tragic. That poor little girl...

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13. I'm not even sure what I should say about this one.

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14. A happy couple forever.

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15. This mega-creepy grave is from a cemetery in Genoa, Italy.

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16. Sealing himself in.

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17. This grave design from the Victorian era was meant to prevent the dead from escaping the grave. You know, just in case they were zombies or vampires.

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18. Nature is relentless. This is such a tragic picture.

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19. I'm not quite sure what's supposed to be going on here. Talk about creepy.

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20. The grave marker of a French journalist from the 18th century.

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[Peter Nirsch]

very nice pictures of pretty cemeteries.
Thank you

My favourite ones are small seaside cemeteries, I wish to be buried in one like this, with my tomb facing the warm pleasantness of Mediterranean sea:

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