Graveyards
Published on 14. September 2024
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-83886-460-6 (ISBN)
Description
Graveyards, burial sites and cemeteries are as old as human civilization, resting places and memorial sites for loved ones, the great and sometimes the infamous. Some of these places retain a poignant atmosphere that tells of heroic or deadly deeds - the 210 men of George Custer's command are remembered by graves scattered around the memorial marking their defeat at Little Bighorn in Montana, USA. Other, older graveyards retain a haunting quality that tells of the long history of their country and people - the 16th century Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh was soon filled with the bodies of victims of bubonic plague. Graveyards reveals both the universality of death, and the diversity of how we commemorate or memorialize our dead, from the hanging coffins of Sagada, Philippines, where, among the jungle-clad peaks of the stunning Echo Valley, hundreds of wooden coffins are hung from impossibly sheer rock faces, to the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, testament to the huge Jewish community that lived in the Czech capital before the Holocaust. Readers can marvel at the Cairo Necropolis, known as the 'City of the Dead', a series of vast Islamic-era tombs and cemeteries dating back more than a thousand years, and enjoy the Merry Cemetery in Romania, famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the lives of the people who are buried there. With detailed captions explaining their history and often ghostly past, Graveyards is a vivid pictorial exploration of the best-known, most-haunted and quirkiest burial places in the world today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Amber Books Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83886-460-6 (9781838864606)
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Alastair Horne is a lecturer in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling, in Scotland. The author of several books including Graveyards, Graves of the Great and Famous, Paris: City of Light, and London: Treasured Capital of the United Kingdom - he is currently completing a doctorate on how smartphones are changing storytelling, and a novel set in an unnamed Parisian cemetery in the early twentieth century.
Content
Introduction
Europe: Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki, Finland Skogskyrkogarden,Stockholm, Sweden Ringebu Stave Church, Norway Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland St Olaf's Kirk, Unst, Shetland, Scotland Glasgow Necropolis, Scotland St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland Kilmacduagh Monastery, Galway, Ireland Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England Riley Graveyard, Eyam, Derbyshire, England Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England Bunhill Fields, London, England Highgate Cemetery, London, England Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, Birmingham, England Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England St Peter's Graveyard, Woolton, Liverpool, England St Patrick's Chapel, Heysham, England St James' Church, Cooling, Kent, England St Mary's Churchyard and Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England St Pancras Old Churchyard, London, England Bayeux War Cemetery, France Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-mer, France The Orient Garden at the Chateau d'Amboise, France Douaumont National Cemetery and Ossuary, Verdun, France La Cambe Cemetery, France Church of St Andrew, Luz-Saint- Sauveur, France Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France The Paris Catacombs, France Pere Lachaise, Paris, France Cementerio de la Almudena, Madrid, Spain San Amaro Cemetery, Coruna, Spain Pantheon of the Kings, El Escorial, Spain The Church of Santa Maria Real, Sanguesa, Navarre, Spain Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona, Spain Cemetery of Ciriego, Santander, Cantabria, Spain San Froilan Municipal Cemetery, Lugo, Galicia, Spain Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy Chiesa Dei Morti, Urbania, Italy Cimitero Acattolico, Rome, Italy The Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome, Italy Fontanelle Cemetery, Naples, Italy Necropolis of Pantalica, Sicily, Italy Necropolis at Cerveteri, Italy The Porta Romana Necropolis, Italy San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy The Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, Genoa, Italy Chiesa di San Giorgio, Portofino, Italy Wied Ghammieq Cemetery, Kalkara, Malta Zentralfriedhof, Austria Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne, Switzerland The Bergen-Belsen Memorial, Lower Saxony, Germany Dorotheenstadt Cemetery, Berlin, Germany Jewish Cemetery, Roedelsee, Bavaria, Germany Melaten Cemetery, Cologne, Germany Heiliger Sand, Worms, Germany Suedfriedhof, Leipzig, Germany St Johannis Cemetery, Nuremberg, Germany Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium Laeken Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Nieuwe Ooster Cemetery, Amsterdam, Netherlands German War Cemetery, Ysselstein, Netherlands The New Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czechia The Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czechia Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia Kovaci Cemetery, Sarajevo, Bosnia The Radimlja Necropolis, Bosnia and Herzegovina The First Cemetery of Athens, Greece Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece Kerameikos Cemetery, Athens, Greece Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece Kerameikos Cemetery, Athens, Greece Flooded cemetery in Geamana, Romania Merry Cemetery, Sapanta, Romania Saint Lazarus Cemetery, Chi?inau, Moldova Hill of Crosses, Lithuania Noratus Cemetery, Armenia Naissaar Cemetery, Estonia Tikhvin Cemetery, St Petersburg, Russia Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia City of The Dead, Dargavs, Russia
Americas: Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Chinese Cemetery, Harling Point, Oak Bay, Canada Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada Cemetery and ruined church, San Juan Chamula, Mexico Day of the Dead celebrations, Ayutla, Mexico Tzintzuntzan, Mexico Arocutin, Michoacan, Mexico Cemetery of Oaxaca, Mexico Eklutna Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, USA Calverton National Cemetery, New York, USA Civil War Monument, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, USA Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA Neptune Memorial Reef, Florida, USA Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Arizona, USA St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, USA Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park, USA Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, USA Colon Cemetery, Havana, Cuba Morne-A-l`Eau Cemetery, Guadeloupe Chichicastenango Cemetery, Guatemala Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery, Puerto Rico The Central Cemetery of Bogota, Colombia Mompox Cemetery, Colombia Tulcan Municipal Cemetery, Ecuador Cemiterio do Araca, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cementerio General, La Paz, Bolivia Milluni Cemetery, Bolivia Cementerio Municipal Sara Braun, Punta Arenas, Chile Cementerio De La Recoleta, Asuncion, Paraguay Cementerio Central, Montevideo, Uruguay La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Africa & Middle East: Rock-cut necropolis, Myra, Turkey Necropolis graveyard of Hierapolis, near Pamukkale, Turkey Roman sarcophagi, Ephesus, Turkey The Lycian Rock Tombs of Kaunos, Turkey The Valley of the Tombs, Palmyra, Syria Wadi-Us-Salaam Cemetery, Najaf, Iraq German Templer Cemetery, Haifa, Israel The Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel Dilmun Burial Mounds, Bahrain Jannat al-Baqi?, Medina, Saudi Arabia Chouhada Cemetery, Rabat, Morocco El Kettar Cemetery, Algiers, Algeria Sidi el-Mezeri Cemetery, Monastir, Tunisia Sidi Badri Cemetery, Old Town of Ghadames, Libya Fatimid Cemetery, Aswan, Egypt City of the Dead, Cairo, Egypt Qubbas, Old Dongola, Sudan Shell island cemetery, Fadiouth, Senegal Pirate cemetery, Ile Sainte-Marie, Madagascar Historic Cemetery of Ibo Island, Quirimbas Islands, Mozambique, Africa
Asia and the Pacific: Mizdakhan Necropolis, Uzbekistan South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India The Cemetery of Confucius, Qufu, Shandong Province, China Changling Mausoleum, Beijing, China Western Xia Imperial Tombs, Yinchuan, China Qingming festival at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Beijing, China Seoul National Cemetery, Korea Yanaka Cemetery, Japan Sengakuji Temple, Japan Jizo Statue, Okunoin Cemetery, Japan Manila Chinese Cemetery, the Philippines Sunken Cemetery, Camiguin Island, the Philippines The Hanging Coffins of Sagada, the Philippines An Bang Cemetery, Vietnam Wang Hip Cemetery Park, Thailand Teochew Cemetery Park, Thailand Kwong Tong Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore Tana Toraja, Indonesia Skulls at Tampang Allo, Indonesia Menzies Cemetery, Western Australia Farina Cemetery, South Australia Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Australia Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Australia Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
Europe: Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki, Finland Skogskyrkogarden,Stockholm, Sweden Ringebu Stave Church, Norway Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland St Olaf's Kirk, Unst, Shetland, Scotland Glasgow Necropolis, Scotland St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland Kilmacduagh Monastery, Galway, Ireland Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England Riley Graveyard, Eyam, Derbyshire, England Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England Bunhill Fields, London, England Highgate Cemetery, London, England Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, Birmingham, England Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England St Peter's Graveyard, Woolton, Liverpool, England St Patrick's Chapel, Heysham, England St James' Church, Cooling, Kent, England St Mary's Churchyard and Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England St Pancras Old Churchyard, London, England Bayeux War Cemetery, France Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-mer, France The Orient Garden at the Chateau d'Amboise, France Douaumont National Cemetery and Ossuary, Verdun, France La Cambe Cemetery, France Church of St Andrew, Luz-Saint- Sauveur, France Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France The Paris Catacombs, France Pere Lachaise, Paris, France Cementerio de la Almudena, Madrid, Spain San Amaro Cemetery, Coruna, Spain Pantheon of the Kings, El Escorial, Spain The Church of Santa Maria Real, Sanguesa, Navarre, Spain Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona, Spain Cemetery of Ciriego, Santander, Cantabria, Spain San Froilan Municipal Cemetery, Lugo, Galicia, Spain Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy Chiesa Dei Morti, Urbania, Italy Cimitero Acattolico, Rome, Italy The Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome, Italy Fontanelle Cemetery, Naples, Italy Necropolis of Pantalica, Sicily, Italy Necropolis at Cerveteri, Italy The Porta Romana Necropolis, Italy San Michele Cemetery, Venice, Italy The Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, Genoa, Italy Chiesa di San Giorgio, Portofino, Italy Wied Ghammieq Cemetery, Kalkara, Malta Zentralfriedhof, Austria Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne, Switzerland The Bergen-Belsen Memorial, Lower Saxony, Germany Dorotheenstadt Cemetery, Berlin, Germany Jewish Cemetery, Roedelsee, Bavaria, Germany Melaten Cemetery, Cologne, Germany Heiliger Sand, Worms, Germany Suedfriedhof, Leipzig, Germany St Johannis Cemetery, Nuremberg, Germany Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium Laeken Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Nieuwe Ooster Cemetery, Amsterdam, Netherlands German War Cemetery, Ysselstein, Netherlands The New Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czechia The Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czechia Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia Kovaci Cemetery, Sarajevo, Bosnia The Radimlja Necropolis, Bosnia and Herzegovina The First Cemetery of Athens, Greece Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece Kerameikos Cemetery, Athens, Greece Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece Kerameikos Cemetery, Athens, Greece Flooded cemetery in Geamana, Romania Merry Cemetery, Sapanta, Romania Saint Lazarus Cemetery, Chi?inau, Moldova Hill of Crosses, Lithuania Noratus Cemetery, Armenia Naissaar Cemetery, Estonia Tikhvin Cemetery, St Petersburg, Russia Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia City of The Dead, Dargavs, Russia
Americas: Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Chinese Cemetery, Harling Point, Oak Bay, Canada Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada Cemetery and ruined church, San Juan Chamula, Mexico Day of the Dead celebrations, Ayutla, Mexico Tzintzuntzan, Mexico Arocutin, Michoacan, Mexico Cemetery of Oaxaca, Mexico Eklutna Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, USA Calverton National Cemetery, New York, USA Civil War Monument, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, USA Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA Neptune Memorial Reef, Florida, USA Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Arizona, USA St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, USA Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park, USA Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, USA Colon Cemetery, Havana, Cuba Morne-A-l`Eau Cemetery, Guadeloupe Chichicastenango Cemetery, Guatemala Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery, Puerto Rico The Central Cemetery of Bogota, Colombia Mompox Cemetery, Colombia Tulcan Municipal Cemetery, Ecuador Cemiterio do Araca, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cementerio General, La Paz, Bolivia Milluni Cemetery, Bolivia Cementerio Municipal Sara Braun, Punta Arenas, Chile Cementerio De La Recoleta, Asuncion, Paraguay Cementerio Central, Montevideo, Uruguay La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Africa & Middle East: Rock-cut necropolis, Myra, Turkey Necropolis graveyard of Hierapolis, near Pamukkale, Turkey Roman sarcophagi, Ephesus, Turkey The Lycian Rock Tombs of Kaunos, Turkey The Valley of the Tombs, Palmyra, Syria Wadi-Us-Salaam Cemetery, Najaf, Iraq German Templer Cemetery, Haifa, Israel The Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel Dilmun Burial Mounds, Bahrain Jannat al-Baqi?, Medina, Saudi Arabia Chouhada Cemetery, Rabat, Morocco El Kettar Cemetery, Algiers, Algeria Sidi el-Mezeri Cemetery, Monastir, Tunisia Sidi Badri Cemetery, Old Town of Ghadames, Libya Fatimid Cemetery, Aswan, Egypt City of the Dead, Cairo, Egypt Qubbas, Old Dongola, Sudan Shell island cemetery, Fadiouth, Senegal Pirate cemetery, Ile Sainte-Marie, Madagascar Historic Cemetery of Ibo Island, Quirimbas Islands, Mozambique, Africa
Asia and the Pacific: Mizdakhan Necropolis, Uzbekistan South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India The Cemetery of Confucius, Qufu, Shandong Province, China Changling Mausoleum, Beijing, China Western Xia Imperial Tombs, Yinchuan, China Qingming festival at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Beijing, China Seoul National Cemetery, Korea Yanaka Cemetery, Japan Sengakuji Temple, Japan Jizo Statue, Okunoin Cemetery, Japan Manila Chinese Cemetery, the Philippines Sunken Cemetery, Camiguin Island, the Philippines The Hanging Coffins of Sagada, the Philippines An Bang Cemetery, Vietnam Wang Hip Cemetery Park, Thailand Teochew Cemetery Park, Thailand Kwong Tong Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore Tana Toraja, Indonesia Skulls at Tampang Allo, Indonesia Menzies Cemetery, Western Australia Farina Cemetery, South Australia Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Australia Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Australia Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand