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  • A male visitor sleeps with his head back while sitting in front of Victorian graves and memorials in south London's in south London's Nunhead Cemetery, on 1st march 2020, in London, England. Nunhead is of the great Victorian Cemeteries of London. Consecrated in 1840, it is one of the seven great Victorian cemeteries established in a ring around the outskirts of London, its 52-acre site near Peckham is the final resting place for many members of Victorian society: From music hall artists, inventors, WW1, and soldiers who survived the battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar.
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  • Wreaths and flowers on a grave for dad and Grandad in a London cemetery.
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  • A stone angel and branches of a tree in winter, in a London cemetery.
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  • A pyramid memorial in the cemetery of St. Mary's Church and in the distance, the 2,928ft mountain Cader Idris, on 12th September 2018, in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
    dolgellau_cemetery-02-12-09-2018.jpg
  • The watering cans of cemetery visitors which help water the graves of loved-ones are locked up on a rack in Domfriedhof in Wedding, a north-western district of Berlin.
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  • The watering cans of cemetery visitors which help water the graves of loved-ones are locked up on a rack in Domfriedhof in Wedding, a north-western district of Berlin.
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  • A Jesus statue looks down on a shrine for an unknown person in a cemetery in Wedding, a north-western district of Berlin.
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  • The mud and soil of a grave for Grandad in a London cemetery.
    cemetery_grave01-25-02-2014.jpg
  • While still a British colony, a 1990s Chinese man stands in prayer near family vaults in the Muslim and Catholic cemetery, on 21st April 1995, in Hong Kong, China.
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  • A pyramid memorial in the cemetery of St. Mary's Church and in the distance, the 2,928ft mountain Cader Idris, on 12th September 2018, in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
    dolgellau_cemetery-03-12-09-2018.jpg
  • Stone crosses in the wild cemetery of St. Mark's Church on 13th September 2018, in Brithdir, near Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
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  • A stone angel and branches of a tree in winter, in a London cemetery.
    cemetery_angel01-25-02-2014.jpg
  • A pyramid memorial in the cemetery of St. Mary's Church and in the distance, the 2,928ft mountain Cader Idris, on 12th September 2018, in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
    dolgellau_cemetery-01-12-09-2018.jpg
  • Stone crosses in the wild cemetery of St. Mark's Church on 13th September 2018, in Brithdir, near Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.
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  • Graves and fading flowers overlook the Ponte 25 de Abril<br />
bridge and the district of Alacantara in the western Portuguese capital, on 14th July 2016, at Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal. Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres) is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the west part of the city in the former Prazeres parish. It was created in 1833 after the outbreak of a cholera epidemic. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large mausoleums built in the 19th century. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Individual tombs and family mausoleums, on 14th July 2016, at Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal. Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres) is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the west part of the city in the former Prazeres parish. It was created in 1833 after the outbreak of a cholera epidemic. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large mausoleums built in the 19th century. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Tombs and mausoleums in Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres), the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large structures built in the 19th century
    portugal_lisbon-126-14-07-2016.jpg
  • A memorial to city firemen among tombs and mausoleums in Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres), the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large structures built in the 19th century
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  • Tombs and mausoleums in Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres), the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large structures built in the 19th century
    portugal_lisbon-122-14-07-2016.jpg
  • Individual tombs and family mausoleums, on 14th July 2016, at Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal. Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres) is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the west part of the city in the former Prazeres parish. It was created in 1833 after the outbreak of a cholera epidemic. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large mausoleums built in the 19th century. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_lisbon-121-14-07-2016.jpg
  • WW2 Madingley American Cemetery is located in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside. Set in over thirty acres of beautifully maintained gardens and lawns, the cemetery contains the bodies of 3812 war dead from the world war two era. Every State of the Union is represented here. In addition inscribed on the Tablets Of The Missing are the names of over 8000 American service men who lost their lives during the war but whose bodies were never recovered. The majority of those buried here were crew members of British based aircraft, however the bodies of some of those killed in North Africa, Normandy, the North Atlantic and various other places are also buried here.
    maddingly_cemetery01-05-10-2000.jpg
  • Tombs and mausoleums in Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres), the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large structures built in the 19th century
    portugal_lisbon-123-14-07-2016.jpg
  • Visitors browse through a book stall beneath tombs and memorials in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of Victorian society from the industrial age. During this annual open day, it is an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery02-16-05-2009.jpg
  • Next to a freshly-dug grave covered with traffic bollards is a recent plot for a boy n Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of Victorian society from the industrial age. During this annual open day, it is an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery17-16-05-2009.jpg
  • Overgrown Victorian headstone, almost covered in undergrowth in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of society from the industrial age. During this annual open day, it is an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery13-16-05-2009.jpg
  • The inscription 'In Memoriam' is written at the base of a statue artwork located in the Victorian cemetery at Nunhead in south London, on 1st march 2020, in London, England. Nunhead is of the great Victorian Cemeteries of London. Consecrated in 1840, it is one of the seven great Victorian cemeteries established in a ring around the outskirts of London, its 52-acre site near Peckham is the final resting place for many members of Victorian society: From music hall artists, inventors, WW1, and soldiers who survived the battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar.
    in_memoriam-01-01-03-2020.jpg
  • Decorated grave for singer and actor Gilbert Becaud, in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Gilbert Bécaud (1927 - 2001 was a French singer, composer and actor, known as "Monsieur 100.000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" and "Et Maintenant", a 1961 release that became an English language hit as "What Now My Love". He remained a popular artist for nearly fifty years, identifiable in his dark blue suits, with a white shirt and "lucky tie"; blue with white polka dots.
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  • Among headstones and graves, two local children play in the unkempt cemetery attached to the Blaenau Baptist Church in the south Wales town of Abertillery (Welsh: Abertyleri). Along with their pet Labrador dog who enjoys joining in on the fun, the children are playing safely in the open-air of this Welsh community. Rows of terraced Victorian homes line the distant end of this ground and then clinging to far hill side and beyond. Its population rose steeply during the period of (now defunct) mining development in South Wales, being 10,846 in 1891 and 21,945 ten years later. Lying in the mountainous mining district of the former counties of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, in the valley of the Ebbw Fach. In 2003, Abertillery was found to have the cheapest house prices in the United Kingdom, according to a survey by the Halifax Building Society.
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  • WW1 Ovillers cemetery, the resting place of allied and commonwealth war dead from the Somme, France.
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  • Memorials to those whose remains occupy ashes vaults in the Columarium in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
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  • Discarded cross with a deceased person's name lying in a communal cemetery bin of a rural village in the Kozjansko Regional Park, on 24th June 2018, in Prevorje, Slovenia.
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  • The celebrated tomb of Polish-born composerFrédéric François Chopin in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was born in ?elazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there; he composed many mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20.
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  • The memorial to IRA hunger strikers Terence O'Neil, Bobby Sands and Joe McDonnell in Milltown Cemetery, on 7th June 1995, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was a hunger protest in Northern Ireland by Irish republican prisoners during the Troubles. During the protest 10 prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Irish National Liberation Army had starved themselves to death in the hunger strike. The first to die, Bobby Sands, was elected as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom during his hunger strike.
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  • The village cemetery of Lagrasse and the church of Sant-Michel in the distance, on 21st May 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
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  • The celebrated tomb of Polish-born composerFrédéric François Chopin in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was born in ?elazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there; he composed many mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20.
    pere_lachaise18-19-08-2012.jpg
  • The tomb of a former Mayor and officer of the Legion d'Honneur, Pol Calvet during WW2 in the village cemetery of Lagrasse, on 21st May 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France.  Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-71-25-05-2017.jpg
  • A local woman walks through evening sunlight in a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Tomb of the punk singer and musician Mano Solo in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Mano Solo (1963-2010), Mano Solo developed other talents, including art. He designed the covers of some of his albums. He founded his own publishing imprint (La Marmaille Nue), which released two of his own books: a poetry anthology, Je suis là ("I am here") (1995), and a novel, Joseph sous la pluie ("Joseph in the rain") (1996). From 2001, Solo became interested in the Internet creating his own website around his artistic, social, and political interests, while encouraging his visitors to be creative themselves..Solo, who suffered from HIV/AIDS, was rushed to a hospital after a concert in Paris.
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  • Stained glass and arches in the Gothic mausoleum for the Albertin Deron family in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
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  • A desaturated cemetery landscape of flowers laid at a contemporary gravestones and in the distance, Victorian memorials.
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  • Memorial folly in cemetery of Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. It is one of the town's most historically important buildings. It was rebuilt in the 1400s after Stirling suffered a catastrophic fire in 1405, and is the only surviving church in the United Kingdom apart from Westminster Abbey, to have held a coronation. On 29 July 1567 the infant son of Mary, Queen of Scots, was crowned James VI of Scotland here. Musket shot marks from Cromwell's troops during the War of the Three Kingdoms are clearly visible on the tower and apse. Another important historical religious site in the area is Cambuskenneth Abbey.
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  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
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  • Tomb for the Isabelle family in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
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  • A plaster figure of Jesus draped with plastic beads and a crucifix at a gravestone in a south London cemetery.
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  • Village church and cemetery, on 26th May, 2017, in Villerouge-Termenès, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France
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  • Detail of a crucifix in the cemetery of the church of St Radegonde in Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, France. Built in 1094, the church was a resting place for the Pilgrimage of Saint James of Compostela on the via Turonensis, because the pilgrims crossed the river Gironde at this spot.
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  • A plaster figure of Jesus draped with plastic beads and a crucifix at a gravestone in a south London cemetery.
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  • Looking through a window of ther old chapel in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the N portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba)...http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/pennygown/index.html
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  • Headstones stand in long grass of the cemetery at the Church of St. Lawrence, on 10th July 2020, in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.
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  • Looking through a window of ther old chapel in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the N portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba)...http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/pennygown/index.html
    isle_of_mull316-21-11-2011.jpg
  • Young children visit 2369 WW1 commonwealth burials and commemorations of war graves at Vis-en-Artois cemetery
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  • Flowers laid to commemorate poet and artist WIlliam Blake (1757 ? 1827) who is buried elsewhere in Bunhill Fields cemetery, City of London
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  • Young children visit 2369 WW1 commonwealth burials and commemorations of war graves at Vis-en-Artois cemetery
    vise_en_artois_memorial07-27-10-2008.jpg
  • Neat rows of head stones of British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in final stages of WW1 at Vis-en-Artois war grave cemetery
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  • Farm land and head stones of British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in final stages of WW1 at Vis-en-Artois war grave cemetery
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  • Young men watch a ball fly over their heads into the distance during a spontaneous game of cricket routinely held (in the 1990s) among the tombs and mausolea of dead British Raj officials and family members, buried in Victorian-era Park Street cemetery, on 18th November 1996, in Kolkata, India. The Park Street cemetery was amed “Park Street” after the private deer park built by Sir Elijah Impey around Vansittart’s garden house. The cemetery (opened in 1767) served as a burial ground for the European expatriates who were settled in Calcutta during the colonial period. The cemetery was closed in 1840 due to lack of burial space and is now a heritage site, preserved by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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  • Wide cobbled avenue in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise) is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris, France (44 hectares (110 acres) though there are larger cemeteries in the city's suburbs. Père Lachaise is in the 20th arrondissement, and is reputed to be the world's most visited cemetery, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the graves of those who have enhanced French life over the past 200 years. It is also the site of three World War I memorials.
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  • Individual tombs and family mausoleums, on 14th July 2016, at Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal. Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres) is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the west part of the city in the former Prazeres parish. It was created in 1833 after the outbreak of a cholera epidemic. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large mausoleums built in the 19th century. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Individual tombs and family mausoleums, on 14th July 2016, at Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal. Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres) is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the west part of the city in the former Prazeres parish. It was created in 1833 after the outbreak of a cholera epidemic. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large mausoleums built in the 19th century. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_lisbon-120-14-07-2016.jpg
  • A passing jet airliner flies overhead, above the cross of a family mausoleum, on 14th July 2016, at Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal. Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres) is the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the west part of the city in the former Prazeres parish. It was created in 1833 after the outbreak of a cholera epidemic. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large mausoleums built in the 19th century. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_lisbon-118-14-07-2016.jpg
  • An aerial view overlooking the Cemiterio de São Miguel Arcanjo (Saint Miguel Catholic Cemetery) the ex-Portuguese colony of Macau's Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The cemetery is located right in the middle of Macao island, on Estrada do Cemiterio and host the graves of the old Dutch and Portuguese colonials that helped shape Macau, now one of the world's most densely-populated city. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
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  • Tombs and mausoleums in Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres), the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large structures built in the 19th century
    portugal_lisbon-125-14-07-2016.jpg
  • A memorial to city firemen among tombs and mausoleums in Prazeres Cemetery (Cemitério dos Prazeres), the largest cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal. Many famous Portuguese citizens are buried here, including artists, authors and government figures, and the cemetery features many large structures built in the 19th century
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  • Overgrown tomb and gravestones are covered by ivy undergrowth in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of society from the industrial age. On the left is a memorial ('With loving memory of Charlotte Catherine, the beloved wife ..") including an angel figure that leans over at an angle, probably caused by tree roots or perhaps by vandalism during the 50s and 60s when this land was left open for youngsters to commit criminal damage to stonework and carvings. During the cemetery's annual open day, there is an opportunity for the of the cemetery 'Friends' (society) to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young, to help preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery12-16-05-2009.jpg
  • A genealogy society has a stall next to tombs and memorials in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of Victorian society from the industrial age. Family history groups are also present to advertise their products during this annual open day, an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery06-16-05-2009.jpg
  • The WW1 Somme Courcelette cemetery. Courcelette was a major tactical objective in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Somme Offensive of the First World War during which the nearby village was razed. Courcelette is 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Cemetery, signposted in the village, is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track (suitable for cars) from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres.
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  • WW2 Madingley American Cemetery is located in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside. Set in over thirty acres of beautifully maintained gardens and lawns, the cemetery contains the bodies of 3812 war dead from the world war two era. Every State of the Union is represented here. In addition inscribed on the Tablets Of The Missing are the names of over 8000 American service men who lost their lives during the war but whose bodies were never recovered. The majority of those buried here were crew members of British based aircraft, however the bodies of some of those killed in North Africa, Normandy, the North Atlantic and various other places are also buried here.
    maddingly_cemetery02-05-10-2000.jpg
  • Taken from a tall apartment block, we see an aerial view overlooking the ex-Portuguese colony of Macau's Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel. The Cemiterio de São Miguel Arcanjo (Saint Miguel Catholic Cemetery) is located right in the middle of Macao island, on Estrada do Cemiterio and host the graves of the old Dutch and Portuguese colonials that helped shape Macau, now one of the world's most densely-populated city. We see a single Chinese lady walking along one of many criss-crossing diagonal pathways carrying a red bucket of water to tend these graves. She appears tiny compared to the multitude of plots, some which have crosses and others which have simple headstones. They are mostly neat and tidy but some have become overgrown with grass sprouting up. Macau's gambling revenue in 2006 weighed in at a massive £3.6bn - about £100m more than Las Vegas. The official languages are Portuguese and Chinese. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover. .
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  • Visitors stand in woodland to listen to a speaker give a talk during a tour of Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of Victorian society from the industrial age. During this annual open day, it is an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery10-16-05-2009.jpg
  • A genealogy society has a stall next to tombs and memorials in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of Victorian society from the industrial age. Family history groups are also present to advertise their products during this annual open day, an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery04-16-05-2009.jpg
  • Two young girls play around the grand Victorian memorial grave stones in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of society from the industrial age. During this annual open day, it is an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery09-16-05-2009.jpg
  • A genealogy society has a stall next to tombs and memorials in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of Victorian society from the industrial age. Family history groups are also present to advertise their products during this annual open day, an opportunity for the Friends of the cemetery to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young - thereby helping to preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery05-16-05-2009.jpg
  • The inscription 'In Memoriam' is written at the base of a statue artwork located in the Victorian cemetery at Nunhead in south London, on 1st march 2020, in London, England. Nunhead is of the great Victorian Cemeteries of London. Consecrated in 1840, it is one of the seven great Victorian cemeteries established in a ring around the outskirts of London, its 52-acre site near Peckham is the final resting place for many members of Victorian society: From music hall artists, inventors, WW1, and soldiers who survived the battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar.
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  • Muslim graves and cactus in a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The grave should be aligned perpendicular to the Qibla (i.e. Mecca). The body is placed in the grave without a casket, lying on its right side, and facing the Qibla. Grave markers should be raised only up to a maximum of 30 centimetres (12 in) above the ground. Thus Grave markers are simple, because outwardly lavish displays are discouraged in Islam. Many times graves may even be unmarked, or marked only with a simple wreath. However, it is becoming more common for family members to erect grave monuments.
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  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
    WW1_cemetery02-20-08-2003.jpg
  • The tomb of Étienne-Gaspard Robertson in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763-1837), often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman". Alongside his pioneering work on projection techniques for his shows Robert was also a physics lecturer and a keen balloonist at a time of great development in aviation..
    pere_lachaise15-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Celebrated grave for the Dublin-born playright and known homosexual, Oscar Wilde in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. 19th century Irish playwright and wit Oscar Wilde once quipped: "One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation." He died in Paris at only 46, impoverished and broken down from years of being villified by Victorian society. He was buried at Père Lachaise with a modest tomb, but a memorial was later erected. Today the monument is covered in lipstick marks left by ardent visitors..
    pere_lachaise02-19-08-2012.jpg
  • A broken gravestone for members of the same Notman family lies upright on the ground in Dalry cemetery on the Dalry Road in Edinburgh, on 26th June 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
    edinburgh-55-26-06-2019.jpg
  • Discarded cross with a deceased person's name lying in a communal cemetery bin of a rural village in the Kozjansko Regional Park, on 24th June 2018, in Prevorje, Slovenia.
    slovenia-314-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Discarded glass from graves, piled up in a communal cemetery bin of a rural village in the Kozjansko Regional Park, on 24th June 2018, in Prevorje, Slovenia.
    slovenia-310-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Discarded glass from graves, piled up in a communal cemetery bin of a rural village in the Kozjansko Regional Park, on 24th June 2018, in Prevorje, Slovenia.
    slovenia-308-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Muslim graves and cactus in a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The grave should be aligned perpendicular to the Qibla (i.e. Mecca). The body is placed in the grave without a casket, lying on its right side, and facing the Qibla. Grave markers should be raised only up to a maximum of 30 centimetres (12 in) above the ground. Thus Grave markers are simple, because outwardly lavish displays are discouraged in Islam. Many times graves may even be unmarked, or marked only with a simple wreath. However, it is becoming more common for family members to erect grave monuments.
    egypt396-06-03-2016.jpg
  • Cemetery in the Dolomites resort town of San Cassiano-St. Kassian in south Tyrol, Italy.
    san_cassiano05-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Cemetery in the Dolomites resort town of San Cassiano-St. Kassian in south Tyrol, Italy.
    san_cassiano04-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Cemetery in the Dolomites resort town of San Cassiano-St. Kassian in south Tyrol, Italy.
    san_cassiano03-19-07-2015.jpg
  • Family album of photos framed and attached to a tree in a south London cemetery.
    family_pictures02-25-02-2014.jpg
  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
    WW1_cemetery03-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
    WW1_cemetery04-20-08-2003.jpg
  • A cemetery landscape of flowers laid at a contemporary gravestones and in the distance, Victorian memorials in south London.
    norwood_cemetery01-12-09-2012.jpg
  • Tomb of Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon (1747-1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author and archaeologist. Dominique was appointed first director of the Louvre Museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798-1801.
    pere_lachaise19-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Tombstone to the French comic Leon Noel (1844-1913) in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
    pere_lachaise10-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Single red rose attached to the gates of the mausoleum for the Pulligny family in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
    pere_lachaise09-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Single red rose attached to the gates of the mausoleum for the Pulligny family in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
    pere_lachaise08-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Celebrated grave for the Dublin-born playright and known homosexual, Oscar Wilde in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris. 19th century Irish playwright and wit Oscar Wilde once quipped: "One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation." He died in Paris at only 46, impoverished and broken down from years of being villified by Victorian society. He was buried at Père Lachaise with a modest tomb, but a memorial was later erected. Today the monument is covered in lipstick marks left by ardent visitors..
    pere_lachaise03-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Skeleton stands upright next to table of scaled models of human bones display by Christadelphian Church in Nunhead Cemetery.
    nunhead_cemetery18-16-05-2009.jpg
  • A hand-drawn map shows You Are Here in Nunhead Cemetery, especially designed for visitors to stalls of various societies and organisations displaying in this Victorian burial place during its annual open day.
    nunhead_cemetery01-16-05-2009.jpg
  • Discarded cross with a deceased person's name lying in a communal cemetery bin of a rural village in the Kozjansko Regional Park, on 24th June 2018, in Prevorje, Slovenia.
    slovenia-313-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Discarded cross with a deceased person's name lying in a communal cemetery bin of a rural village in the Kozjansko Regional Park, on 24th June 2018, in Prevorje, Slovenia.
    slovenia-312-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Discarded glass from graves, piled up in a communal cemetery bin of a rural village in the Kozjansko Regional Park, on 24th June 2018, in Prevorje, Slovenia.
    slovenia-309-24-06-2018.jpg
  • Muslim graves and cactus in a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The grave should be aligned perpendicular to the Qibla (i.e. Mecca). The body is placed in the grave without a casket, lying on its right side, and facing the Qibla. Grave markers should be raised only up to a maximum of 30 centimetres (12 in) above the ground. Thus Grave markers are simple, because outwardly lavish displays are discouraged in Islam. Many times graves may even be unmarked, or marked only with a simple wreath. However, it is becoming more common for family members to erect grave monuments.
    egypt398-06-03-2016.jpg
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