Favorite European cemeteries?

Old Aug 30th, 2015, 05:45 PM
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Favorite European cemeteries?

In Paris, one would start with Pere Lachaise, right? Who other than James Morrison is buried there? Any others in Paris and environs?

London - Highgate? Why? Others?

Other cities?

I've found some gems in the US, what about in European cities, or outside those cities?
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Old Aug 30th, 2015, 06:00 PM
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Lots more than Jim Morrison.

http://amvabecreations.hubpages.com/...chaiseCemetery

The Jewish cemeteries in Budapest and Prague for the emotional aspect of them (rather than for the fame of the buried).
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I liked Montparnasse in Paris. (Google for who you will find.) it is an easy cemetery to walk around.
Also thought Jewish cemetery in Prague was a must see.
St. Kevin cemetery in Wicklow Ireland also very interesting.
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We wished we had more time at the Necropolis in Glasgow. It's really fantastic looking--very dramatically situated .

Also spent a fair amount of time in the big cemetery in Vienna (can't remember the name). The Russian graves were touching as well as the old Jewish section.
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Many famous people in Pere LaChaise. The Holocause memorials section in large, and very moving.

Monparness very good.

Highgate old section (timed tours) and the new section are both incredible. London.

The Protestant Cemetary in Rome.

I've not been to the cemetary island in Venice, but I want to go.

In France, St Jean Cap Ferrat has a remarkable cemetery that hugs the edges of the peninsula, with waves crashing below the visitors feet.

In Portofino, the hill top cemetary is a special example of a welled Italian cemetary with an exceedingly great position and fabulous views.

I've been tempted out to Kensall Green in London to look for Trollope but didn't find him, Did him a mugger though.
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Lots more than Jim Morrison in Pere Lachaise. Just off the top of my head there is Chopin, George Bizet, Oscar Wilde , Sarah Bernhardt, Gertrude Stein, Delacroix, and many others. This is the gold standard of cemeteries.
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The Staglieno cemetery in Genoa is impressive. A good reminder that we're all here on a temporary basis.
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The most beautiful one I know is the old Johannisfriedhof in Nuremberg, where all the city's V.I.P.'s have been buried since the 16th century, with roses blooming over all graves: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1ffb0d/

Then allow me to mention the Jewish cemetery in Wroclaw: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/23db8a/ A magical place.
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Agree that Prague Jewish cemetery is a must.

Then the military cemeteries are to be seen :
US in Normandy, the German one too, quite moving, and all these less known from WW1 in the north and in Belgium.

We also liked the cemetery of St Tropez, along the seaside.
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Old Aug 30th, 2015, 11:48 PM
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Mirogoj Cemetery just outside of Zagreb.

Cemeteries in the Muradiye Mosque complex in Bursa.

The cemeteries of the Alexander Nevski Lavra in Moscow.

Varaždin's main cemetery.

The cemetery of the Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul.

The St. Ana Cemetery in Šibenik.

The cemetery of the Convent of St. John in Müstair.

The old Jewish cemetery in Warsaw.

The Soldier's Dog Cemetery at Edinburgh Castle.

I'm skipping all the cemeteries that are primarily devoted to those who died in war.

(BTW, for scenic merit, I'm not sure any beats Okuno-in, in Koya-san, Japan. JMO)
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The pet cemetery in the suburbs of Paris is most definitely worthy of note. Rin Tin Tin is buried there. He was even flown home from Hollywood for his burial.

http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com...8/dog-cemetery
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There is a big one in Milan, with many family vaults. I like them for their attaction to the architecture of the moment and the hubris.

Imagine, for example, one which is a black marble massive pyramid (1890s?), and yet, in the history of the world the contents were and are worthless.
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St.Symphorien Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Mons, Belgium. It was created by the Germans and contains graves of both German and Commonwealth soldiers, and a joint memorial. It includes the graves of the first and last Commnwealth soldiers killed in the First World War. The first was a British soldier killed in the Battle of Mons in August 1914 and the last a Canadian killed in the streets of Mons minutes before the armistice on November 11 1918.
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Some of these cemeteries are very ornate. If you want to see something more modest and peaceful, there is the God's Acre (Gottesacker) in Herrnhut, Germany, not far from Dresden. It's located up a small hill and overlooks the nearby villages. I have ancestors buried there, so it has a personal connection for me.
http://www.herrnhut.de/fileadmin/med...sch_EN_150.pdf
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Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
Alexander Nevsky Cemetery in St Petersburg.
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The Merry Cemetery in Remeti, Maramures, Romania:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/4186111094
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The Nice cemetery is up in the hills, next to the Franciscan Monastery and Matisse Museum. Both Matisse and Dufy are buried in the cemetery, located off to the left of the municipal rose garden.

Our favorite cemetery is one we came upon quite by accident in the Champagne region. It was out in the countryside, just a small plot with graves of about a dozen U.S. soldiers who died in WWII. Locals created the cemetery and keep it up very well.

Of course, the American cemetery in Normandy is one of the best known and most moving. So is the nearby one for fallen German soldiers.
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Apologies for the multiple typos in my last post on this thread. Too late at night.

I just want to add another cemetery that I'm fond of. It's tiny, and behind gates, but the Pet Cemetery at Hyde Park is sweet and charming. It's another Victorian cemetery; they were good at it.
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Hallstatt cemetery is so picturesque, on the hillside overlooking a lake and mountains

https://flic.kr/p/xG3HoY
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