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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > List of famous cemeteries
This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide.
Highgate Cemetery, London - the tomb of Karl Marx, topped with a huge bronze bust, is here; Highgate is notable for its "Egyptian catacombs", where John Galsworthy, George Eliot, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were buried.
Punchbowl[?], Honolulu - military cemetery of the Pacific, in the Punchbowl Crater of an extinct volcano known as Puowaina, Hawaiian for "Hill of Sacrifice."
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  List of reference tables
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  List of cemeteries - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Brompton Cemetery- Opened in 1840, it is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries and is the final resting place for a number of prominent persons including Samuel Cunard, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sir Charles Fremantle amongst others.
Highgate Cemetery, London, is notable for its Egyptian Avenue and Lebanon Circle.
Resurrection Cemetery, Wescosville--Cemetery for the Diocese of Allentown (Lehigh Valley).
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/list_of_famous_cemeteries   (6050 words)

  
  Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The earliest of the municipal cemeteries is Pere Lachaise in Paris.
Cemeteries are usually a respected area, and often include churches or other religious buildings and sometimes a crematorium for the burning (cremation) of the dead.
Cemeteries are used primarily for human burials but special cemeteries have been created for the bodies of animals such as dogs, cats and horses.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Cemetery   (816 words)

  
 Cimetière du Montparnasse Information - TextSheet.com
The Cimetière du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France.
Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786 on the fringe of Les Halles food market on the grounds that it presented a health hazard.
Several new cemeteries outside of the precincts of the capital replaced all the Parisian ones in the early 19th century, Cimetière de Montmartre in the north, Le Cimetière Père Lachaise in the east and Cimetière du Montparnasse in the south.
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 List of cemeteries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Herzl, the official cemetery for the leaders of Israel, where many Prime Ministers of Israel and President of Israel are buried.
Brompton Cemetery- Opened in 1840, it is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries and is the final resting place for a number of prominent persons including Samuel Cunard, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sir Charles Fremantle amongst others.
Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery at Kensal Green in London is the final resting place for a number of notables including Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Sax Rohmer and Krystyna Skarbek.
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 Highgate Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The cemetery in its original form (the older, Western part) was opened in 1839, part of an initiative to provide seven large, modern cemeteries (known as the "Magnificent Seven") in a ring round the outside of London.
The inner-city cemeteries, mostly the graveyards attached to individual churches, had long been unable to cope with the number of burials and were seen as a hazard to health and an undignified way to treat the dead.
The cemetery's grounds are full of old-growth trees, shrubbery and wildflowers that are a haven for birds and small animals like hedgehogs.
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 Cimetière du Montparnasse   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Cimetiere du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France.
Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetiere des Innocents in 1786 on the fringe of Les Halles food market on the grounds that it presented a health hazard.
Several new cemeteries replaced all the Parisian ones, outside the precincts of the capital, in the early 19th century, Cimetière de Montmartre in the north, Le Cimetiere Pere Lachaise in the east and Cimetiere de Montparnasse in the south.
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 Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area) to which dead bodies are brought (usually with hearses) and buried.
A cemetery is a place where the ceremonials of death are observed, with different rites and practices across cultures and religions.
A cemetery in rural Spain, with marble headstones.
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 Cyndi's List - Cemeteries & Funeral Homes
Cemeteries of Illinois and Wisconsin by county and township.
List of grave stones in the 12 cemeteries in Town of Richfield, Otsego County, New York.
CD-ROMs of cemeteries in Livingston County, Missouri and the surrounding counties.
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 Green-Wood Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, several blocks west of Prospect Park.
Inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where a cemetery in a naturalistic park-like landscape in the English manner was first established, Green-Wood was able to take advantage of the varied topography provided by glacial moraines.
It was a popular tourist attraction in the 1850s and was the place most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century were buried.
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 Gettysburg National Cemetery Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A '''cemetery''' is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are burialburied.
Municipal or independent cemeteries, as we now know them, date from the early 19th century (though the cemetery reform movement began c.
Cemeteries are usually a respected area, and often include churches or other religious buildings and sometimes a cremationcrematorium for the burning (cremation) of the dead.
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 Saint Denis Basilica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Almost all the kings of France were buried in the Basilica, but unlike Westminster Abbey it was not used for coronations (a role devoted to the Cathedral of Reims).
King Louis XVIII, on his death in 1824, was buried in the center of the crypt, near the graves of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Under the direction of architect Viollet-le-Duc, famous for his work on Notre-Dame de Paris, the monuments that were taken to the Museum of French Monuments were returned to the church.
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 List of famous cemeteries - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia - the RMS Titanic cemetery.
Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Pennsylvania, at the dedication of which in November, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address.
Punchbowl[?], Honolulu - military cemetery of the Pacific, in the Punchbowl Crater of an extinct volcano known as Puowaina, Hawaiian for "Hill of Sacrifice."
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 Desecration of Cemeteries
Almost all cases of church and cemetery desecrations are casually dismissed as a tragic consequence of the war despite the fact that the International Mission in Kosovo and NATO - led peacekeepers took upon themselves the obligation to actively prevent violence and acts of supposed revenge.
Kosovo Serbs know well that desecrations of their cemeteries is nothing new because in the period of Albanian autonomy in Kosovo many similar cases were recorded throughout the Province.
Visits to cemeteries are becoming increasingly difficult because of the great potential danger of planted explosive devices.
www.kosovo.net /wad.html   (1053 words)

  
 Père Lachaise   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The cemetery is a veritable roll-call of the great and good who have illuminated all facets of French and Parisian life over the past 200 years or so.
The cemetery was established by Napoleon IEmperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804, whereas cemeteries had been banned inside Paris in 1786 after the shutting down of the ''Cimetière des Innocents'', on the fringe of Les Halles food market, on the grounds that it presented a health hazard.
Several new cemeteries replaced all the Parisian ones, outside the precincts of the capital, in the early 19th century, Cimetière de Montmartre in the north, Le Père Lachaise in the east and Cimetière du Montparnasse in the south.
www.infothis.com /find/P%E8re_Lachaise   (672 words)

  
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Novodevichy Cemetery is located in Moscow, Russia and because of its famous residents, it is the city’s third most popular tourist site.
The cemetery was built next to the 16th century Novodevichy Convent, immediately upon completion of the convent.
The cemetery was first used primarily as a burial place for Moscow's feudal rulers and church officials; later, for Russia's intellectuals and merchants, while in the 20th century, as burial place for many of the Soviet Union's most well-known citizens.
www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/n/no/novodevichy_cemetery.html   (141 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - Proper name "The Brisbane General Cemetery" the oldest and largest Brisbane cemetery opened in 1875, was originally utilised by the earliest colonists.
The oldest cemetery in the City of Vancouver, it is the resting place of 145,000 people, including numerous notable figures in the city's history.
Aldershot Military Cemetery, first enclosed in 1856, it is the final resting place Military personal of all ranks, or ex military personnel and for internment of wives and families, and for some civilians who have spent their life with the army.
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 List of cemeteries - Definition, explanation
Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - the oldest and largest Brisbane cemetery, was originally utilised by the earliest colonists.
Complete list of all cemeteries in Clark County, accompanied by a large collection of indexes, maps and photos of individuals and tombstones.
Comprehensive list of the graveyards of Omaha, Nebraska, with numerous photos and extensive history of the city and its founders.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/li/list_of_cemeteries.php   (1757 words)

  
 Cemeteries, Graveyards, Burying Grounds
State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries, dedicated to the preservation of cemeteries in the State of Iowa, listing resources for preserving cemeteries, repairing monuments, upcoming events and where to go for help.
Cemetery Images, with many photos of cemeteries in upstate New York and elsewhere.
Cemetery Guide with lists of cemeteries and some burial lists.
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 Cyndi's List - Ships & Passenger Lists
Contains a list of passengers and crew on board the Lusitania, 7 May 1915, the day it was sunk by a German submarine.
TheShipsList mailing list was established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world.
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938.
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 List of famous cemeteries - The Jiggies Reference Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide.
Highgate Cemetery, London - the tomb of Karl Marx, topped with a huge bronze bust, is here; Highgate is notable for its "Egyptian catacombs", where John Galsworthy, George Eliot, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were buried.
Maidich National Cemetery - cemetery established after French occupation ended in 1954 as a place of worship for heroes of the people.
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 List of famous cemeteries
List of cemeteries in Becker County, Minnesota with links to GNIS which gives location and online map.
Cemeteries of Florida, with many cemeteries listed and photographed.
There are companies that publish cemetery directories, but they only list the cemeteries who bury more...
www.logicjungle.com /List_of_famous_cemeteries.html   (315 words)

  
 Book Review - Texas Cemeteries
Cemeteries can also be interesting places by themselves as well-maintained final resting places, often with interesting statuary, well-manicured landscape and distinctive gravesites.
Visiting cemeteries from every era and all regions of the state, Harvey recounts the histories of famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Texans who lie at rest in Texas cemeteries.
He goes to the trouble of including the GPS coordinates to all the cemeteries listed in the book, which is handy considering many of these locations are out-of-the way and remote.
texana.texascooking.com /books/texascemeteries.htm   (1222 words)

  
 Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery
Four of Washington's generals are also honored in the memorial.\n* Old North Church, a precise replica of Boston's historic church, immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his famous poem Paul Revere's Ride.
The museum includes a 1,200 seat auditorium.\n* The Plaza of Mexican Heritage features sculpture and artifacts from the early civilizations of what is now Mexico - from the Olmecs to the Aztecs.
\nForest Lawn (Glendale) was founded in 1917 by Dr. Hubert Eaton, a firm believer in a joyous life after death, who was convinced that most cemeteries were "unsightly, depressing stoneyards," and pledged to create one that would reflect his optimistic beliefs, "as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is unlike darkness".
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 List of reference tables - Gurupedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
List of mountains on Io List of craters on Mars
Index of lists of famous deaths by cause
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