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  • The tomb and memorial to Dame Mary Eure in the church of  St. Laurence's Ludlow, on 11th September 2018, in Ludlow, Shropshire, England UK. The inscription reads: "Here lyeth expecting a joyful resurrection the body of Dame Mary Eure, late wife to the Rt Hon. Raiphe Lord Eure, Baron of Malton, Lord President of the principality and Marches of Wales, and Lieutenant of the same. Daughter of S John Dawney of Sessey, in the county of York, Knight, she departed this mortal life 19th March 1612. Aetatis svae 55."
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  • Worn smooth after centuries of passing feet, a 17th century tomb in the floor of the Cloister Of Alcobaca Monastery, Portugal.
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  • Overhead view of the tomb of Pedro I In Alcobaca Monastery, Portugal.
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  • The tomb of King John (1167-1216) in Worcester Cathedral, on 23rd June 2019, in Worcester, England. King John was the fourth and youngest son of Henry II.
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  • The tomb of King John (1167-1216) in Worcester Cathedral, on 23rd June 2019, in Worcester, England. King John was the fourth and youngest son of Henry II.
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  • Beneath tall columns in the central nave and surounded by angels, is the tomb of Pedro I in Alcobaca Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca), on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis (Dennis) who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A foot-worn tomb on the ground of the cloister of Dom Dinis at Alcobaca Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca), on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis (Dennis) who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_alcobaca-08-16-07-2016.jpg
  • After being attacked by wild dogs, the mummified remains of an early Christian child propped up aginst the tomb wall rem at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • Tomb for the Isabelle family in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
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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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  • 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
  • A detail of King John's tomb (1167-1216), showing the Royal Arms of England (the arms of the Plantagenet dynasty) with three lions, in Worcester Cathedral, on 23rd June 2019, in Worcester, England. King John was the fourth and youngest son of Henry II. The Royal Arms of England are the arms first adopted in a fixed form at the start of the age of heraldry (circa 1200) as personal arms by the Plantagenet kings who ruled England from 1154. In the popular mind they have come to symbolise the nation of England.
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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_lachaise17-19-08-2012.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
  • The remains of mud brick arches and Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt422-07-03-2016.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt419-07-03-2016.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt418-07-03-2016.jpg
  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt412-07-03-2016.jpg
  • 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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  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt424-07-03-2016.jpg
  • The Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt421-07-03-2016.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt417-07-03-2016.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt416-07-03-2016.jpg
  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt414-07-03-2016.jpg
  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt413-07-03-2016.jpg
  • Single red rose attached to the gates of the mausoleum for the Pulligny family in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
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  • 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
  • Stained glass and arches in the Gothic mausoleum for the Albertin Deron family in the Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris.
    pere_lachaise04-19-08-2012.jpg
  • Detail of burial plot for the Rothermere family in Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, East Sussex.
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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)
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    portugal_lisbon-115-14-07-2016.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-125-14-07-2016.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-126-14-07-2016.jpg
  • 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)
    portugal_lisbon-117-14-07-2016.jpg
  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
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  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
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  • The Lion of Knidos (c. 350-200 BC), a 7ton marble colossal from the Turkish cemetery tomb, now residing in the Great Court of the British Museum, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The tomb once stood overlooking Knidos harbour and was discovered in 1858.
    british_museum-01-28-02-2017.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.
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  • Dulwich Village burial ground. Created by Edward Alleyn and consecrated on Sunday 1st September 1616 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Abbot (1562-1633).  Richard Shaw, the owner of a splendid house named Casino who was solicitor to Warren Hastings during the latter's long trial in Westminster Hall occupies the largest tomb. The most notable burials are the thirty-five Dulwich victims (out of a total of forty-two) of the Great Plague of 1665 who were buried in unmarked graves.
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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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  • 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
  • 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 coastal landscape of St. Cuthbert's Island on Holy Island and in the distance, left, the St. Mary's church and the remains of the early 12th century Lindisfarne Priory, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Cuthbert (c. 634 - 687) is a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in what might loosely be termed the Kingdom of Northumbria in the North East of England and the South East of Scotland. After his death he became one of the most important medieval saints of Northern England, with a cult centred on his tomb at Durham Cathedral. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northern England. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
    lindisfarne-33-27-09-2017.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
  • An Asian family and shishi guardian lions outside a Chinese restaurant near Elephant & Castle, on 9th November 2018, in London England. Stone lions, also called Shishi in Chinese, are often found in pairs in front of the gates of Chinese traditional buildings. Chinese guardian lions, known also as stone lions in Chinese art, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. They are believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Pairs of guardian lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures.
    chinese_family-01-09-11-2018.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
  • The tombs of François Berlioz (1760-1828) and his family, once the pre-revolution owner of nearby Lagrasse Abbey, 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-01-21-05-2017.jpg
  • A pair of lion guards outside a Chinese restaurant in South London. The brass lions, also called Shishi in Chinese, are often found in pairs in front of the gates of Chinese traditional buildings. Chinese guardian lions, known also as stone lions in Chinese art, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. They are believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Pairs of guardian lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures.
    chinese_doors01-29-09-2010.jpg
  • We see one of a pair of lion guards outside the Bank of China's building in Macau (Macao), in China's Special Economic region (SER). Stone lions, also called Shishi in Chinese, are often found in pairs in front of the gates of Chinese traditional buildings. Chinese guardian lions, known also as stone lions in Chinese art, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. They are believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Pairs of guardian lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures.
    bank_china-10-08-1994.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
  • 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
  • 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
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