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Riposando nel verde / Resting in the green (Happy Halloween!!!) (Abney Park Cemetery, London, England)

Regno unito, Londra, Stoke Newington, Estate 2014

 

Abney Park Cemetery è uno dei Magnifici Sette cimiteri di Londra ed è stato inaugurato nel 1840 diventando il primo cimitero giardino aconfessionale in Europa. Nel cimitero c'è una cappella abbandonata che originariamente era aperta a tutti e fu il centro del cimitero per la tolleranza religiosa. Un mix di personaggi famosi, tra i quali i fondatori della Salvation Army, filantropi, personalità religiose, culturali e politiche sono sepolte qui.

 

Abney Park cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven, London cemeteries and was opened in 1840 becaming the first non-denominational garden cemetery in Europe. In the cemetery there is an abandoned chapel that originally was open to all and it had been the cemetery’s centrepiece for religious tolerance. A mix of notable people, including the founders of the Salvation Army, philanthropists, and religious, cultural and political are buried in its grounds.

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