One of the tourism trends that is gaining great importance is necrotourism which basically consists of visiting the most important cemeteries of the city you are traveling to. What may seem like a macabre custom has become very popular and the cemeteries They are part of the history of the people and many of them are characterized by being terribly pretty.
Calvary Cemetery, New York
Was founded in 1848 to solve the space crisis in Manhattan cemeteries, and currently has approximately three million graves, including that of Esther Ennisthe first person buried here, said to have died of broken heart. This cemetery has appeared in several films and the best known is The Godfathersince this is where Vito Corleone is buried.
Higashi Otanik, Kyoto
He Higashi Otani cemetery It is famous for containing part of the remains of Shinran Shoninfounder of the great Shinshu sect of Buddhism. Currently we can find on its slopes some 20,000 funerary altars of the faithful of the Shinshu sect who wanted to rest eternally next to Shinran. From this cemetery, one of the largest buddhist cemeteries of Kyoto, you get beautiful views of the city, especially during the Obon festivitieswhen the entire slope is illuminated with the mantoro lanterns.
Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
His more than 40 hectares They are full of lush vegetation that surrounds the most 80,000 graves that they rest there. There are the tombs of very famous people, such as the painter Delacroix and the writer Oscar Wilde. But without a doubt one of the tombs that attracts the most visitors is that of the singer Jim Morrissonwhere his many fans come to have a glass of whiskey for their health.
Glasgow Cemetery
The necropolis of glasgow could be described as a beautiful garden on a hill, with the small detail that it is full of tombs and trees. It dates from the beginning of the 19th century, the dawn of the victorian eraand they say that its design is inspired by that of the famous cemetery Pere Lachaise of Paris. When walking among their tombs, despite the anarchy of their arrangement, their aristocratic characterthe product of a city that was experiencing a moment of commercial splendor.
Merry Cemetery of Sapanta, Romania
In it Alegre cemetery of Sapanta You will not find the typical gray crypts or tombstones with sad images. More than 800 colorful tombstones in which the life of the deceased is recorded, in writing and drawn. But if visually it gives a sensation of color and joythe stories told there are also happy. The vast majority of the tombstones are by the same local artist, Stan Ioan Patras.
Arlington National Cemetery, United States
This huge land is full of thousands of tombstones put in a perfect geometry on a large grassy esplanade. Here rest the bodies of almost half a million soldiers killed in combat and war veterans. Its most famous tombs are the one dedicated to unknown soldier and the one that houses the remains of the American president JF Kennedy.
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Highgate Cemetery, London
He Highgate Cemetery It is located in a lush green forest and the vegetation It has colonized many of the tombs, since it was abandoned for many years, which gives it a more special touch. Furthermore, many of their tombstones are located under beautiful realistic sculptures. In this cemetery rest the remains of popular figures such as Karl Marxthe novelist George Eliot or the painter Lucien Freud.
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Comillas Cemetery, Cantabria, Spain
He Gothic Cemetery o Old Cemetery of Comillas is located on the outskirts of Comillas, very near the porton a promontory that makes it visible from many parts of the town. The one known as exterminating angel The Comillas cemetery is the most characteristic element of the entire Camposanto and perhaps its most important attraction.
Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated in 1877 taking as reference cemetery the cemeteries of Pere Lachaise in Paris and the cemetery Kensal Green in London. This cemetery contains the graves of many famous people in Australian history, such as Henry Lawsonone of the most famous poets, Jules Archibaldfounder of The Bulletin, or the poet and author Dorothea Mackellar.
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Old Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
His first tombstone dates from 1439 and for more than 300 years it was the only place where it was allowed bury the Jews in the Czech Republic. Currently there may be more than 12,000 tombstones and more than 100,000 people buriedThis is because the space was too small and up to ten people were buried in the same tomb.
Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán in Oaxaca, Mexico
Spanish missionaries established the Xoxocotlán cemetery in the 16th century, about fifteen minutes from the city of Oaxacasouth of Mexico. In 1987 it was declared by UNESCO World Heritage. The big day in Mexican cemeteries is the night of October 31, the day before day of the dead. Xoxocotlán is decorated with candles, flowers and figures by the relatives of the deceased who celebrate their loved ones.
South Park Street, Kolkata, India
Located in the city of Calcuttais the oldest christian cemetery outside Europe or America. Inaugurated in 1767 It was used to bury settlers who lived in India. Was closed in 1830 and currently belongs to archaeological heritage of the country. The tombs are a mixture of gothic and indian style with tombstones made of black stone and shaped like pyramids or Hindu temples.
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