Monday, February 8, 2010

Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York















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Potocki Mausoleum, Wilanow Park, Warsaw


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Mausoleum of Mohammed V, King of Morocco, Rabat



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Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra, India




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Grave of the Heart of Thomas Hardy, Stinsford, Dorset

Now, there is a story that his heart isn't actually buried here. Supposedly a cat got it and they buried an empty urn.
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Killit, Turkey



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Grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Cemetery, Florence

Tomb of Petrarch, Arqua Petrarca, Padua, Italy


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Tomb of Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Foligno-Redipugla, Italy


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Tomb of Devereux Plantagenet Cockburn, Protestant Cemetery, Rome

Lives up to his name, doesn't he?

Tomb of Admiral Denis Decres, Pere Lachaise, Paris




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Tomb of Moliere, Pere Lachaise, Paris


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Grave of Sir Winston Churchill, Bladon, Oxfordshire

Grave Candle Vending Machines: A Clever Idea





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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Imperial Crypt, Vienna

Detail from the tomb of Karl VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Tomb of Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, and Emperor Franz, Imperial Crypt, Vienna


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Tomb of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, and Empress Anna, Imperial Crypt, Vienna


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Tomb of Karl VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Imperial Crypt, Vienna


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Coffin of Franz I, Emperor of Austria, Imperial Crypt, Vienna


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Coffin of Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Empress of Austria, Imperial Crypt, Vienna


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Coffin of Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria, Imperial Crypt, Vienna


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Coffin of Marie Louise of Austria, Empress of France, Imperial Crypt, Vienna


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Tomb of Maria Josefa of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress, Imperial Crypt, Vienna

Cenotaph of James III, King of Scots and Margaret of Denmark, Cambuskenneth Abbey

This marks the site of the original tomb, which was destroyed, as was a substantial portion of the art produced in the Middle Ages, by rampaging Protestants.
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Packaging the Cremains Doesn't Have to Be Boring

The LA Times has an interesting article on funerary urns as modern art. Put me in the one that looks like a gumball machine and I'll fucking haunt you. There's also a slide show. Number one's my favorite.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio







St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery, Cridersville, Ohio

Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio

Grave of George Vancouver, Petersham, Surrey

Grave of Col. Thomas William, Mansfield, UK


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Friday, January 22, 2010

St. Joseph Cemetery, Maumee, Ohio







Beth Shalom Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio







North Oregon Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio