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The Lore of Lafayette Cemetery
Necropolis, the city of the dead, throughout the world, there are thousands of cemeteries. In every parish, village, town and city, these plots of lands act as monuments, housing the dearly departed as their final resting place. While each city has their own rich history behind their cemeteries, none have as much lore and mystery as New Orleans' Lafayette Cemetery.With its history that[...]
The Merry Cemetery
The Merry Cemetery in the village of Sapanta, Romania is famous for its bright, colorful and very honest tombstones. There are over 600 wooden crosses in the cemetery that bear the life stories and even the dirty details of the deceased. Most of us are used to seeing tombstones, with a name, date of birth and death and a "Rest In Peace" wish. In the Merry Cemetery you can expect to see[...]
Ancestors in the Cemetery
Cemeteries can be great places to trace back to your ancestors and find out more about your family's history. By walking around the cemetery you can find gravestones that can lead you to ancestors you didn't know about. You can come across little grave markers of young children and infants who died, but have no other existing records.Having a few documents and some old family jewellery[...]
Wreaths of Roses and Ivy Adorn Painted Skulls
The church of Saint Michael has been standing since the 12th century. It is surrounded by a graveyard and built against a cliff where it overlooks the town of Hallstatt. The basement chapel of the church contains demonstrations of a ritual that has fallen out of practice almost everywhere else in Austria. It houses a Karner (Charnel House), a place of second burial which used to be[...]
A Mystery of Eternal Love
Over 50,000 flowers have been placed on the grave of a young girl who died almost 145 years ago in Freiburg, Germany. Who places them there, no one knows. Every morning, under summer's sun and winter's snow, a fresh flower has been placed on the grave of Caroline Christine Walter.Caroline Walter and her beloved older sister Selma moved to Freiburg to live with their grandmother after[...]
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