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Jewish Cemetery Milan (Milano)
Morpurgo family graves.
Milan, Italy
N45 30.553
E009 06.473
JCEAA ID: C110426
20 February 2011
Cimitero Israelitico
Via Emanuele Jona
Plot 38: Yao Sheng Liu (20) 2003 – Student
YAO SHENG LIU
April 20 1982 – 2003
deeply loved
Son of Pi-Hsia & Hsien-Chi
Brother of Huang-Ku & Po-Ling
[Ms Luce was born in Andrews, OR, and died at Fishers Island, NY.]
Wife of Henry Luce III
Mother of Kenneth D. O’Sullivan
William M. Hurt and James H. Hurt
The truth shall
Make you free
Don’t coddle me into the grave. I’m
Going to march into it. I’m a man,
After all.
[The story behind this sarcophagus is a tad long for here and can be read about it in more detail at Blogging a Dead Horse. For those of you remembering Clare Booth and Henry Luce, this might be a touch confusing. Especially when William Hurt, the actor, is thrown into the fray. But it’s all true and it’s all in the blog.]
Plot 6: Margaret Spires (86) 29/5/1908 – Bronchitis, Senile Decay
Plot 8: John Spires (68) 29/5/1909 – Labourer – Heart Failure
unmarked graves
SPIRES.—On November 5, at her late residence. Jervois-rd., the beloved wife of John Spires, and widow of the late Colin Chisolm, of Rothshire Scotland; aged 86. —Inverness papers please copy.
Private interment.
American cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer, containing the gravemarkers of about 10,000 Americans who died in the invasion of Normandy in 1944
Attendees will include next-of-kin guests, local French men and women who will be observing their own Memorial Day, and singers from the United States, France, Germany and Australia.
The 27-acre field that inters the 4,410 soldiers is beautiful in its simplicity. There is no overabundance of flowers and landscaping.
Though it is fully half the size of the vast cemetery at Omaha Beach, the St. James cemetery attracts only about 80,000 visitors per year compared with more than 2 million people who go to Normandy.
The remains of twenty-two Royal Air Force student pilot cadets are interned in the Number One British Flying School cemetery located in the City of Terrell Oakland Park Cemetery. It is a little piece of England in North Texas.
Britain needed a safe place to train pilots during World War II and the Texas and Oklahoma area provided that requirement.
Hanwell cemetery in west London. The Horder family grave. Reverend William Garrett Horder was a Congregationalist Minister in Ealing and an authority on hymns. He had a wide circle of friends including George Bernard Shaw and G. K. Chesterton
The Maggiore Cemetery in Milan contains graves for the fallen of both 'sides' in the conflict - virtually a civil war - that broke out between the nationalists and the partisans during the latter stages of WW2.
Sensibly, these graves each have their own respective plots, which are a decent distance away from each other.
These graves were in the burial area for fallen nationalists.
In common with many of the graves in the partisan area, many of the stones here still have flowers being left on them; in the case of the pro-fascist graves, many are also decorated with ribbons in the national colours of red, white and green.
Sadly, both areas contain the graves not just of the fighting men but also of the old and the young of both sexes.
On the face of things, both burial plots cover a similar area. A memorial plaque in the nationalist plot, however, indicates that a great many victims of the conflict - "thousands" - have no marked grave.
Started in pioneer era on land of James and Isabella Caufield Dunn, who with 8 other families came from Ireland to America in 1821, living first in Charleston, S. C., then in Boligee, Ala. In Dec. 1833 they began trek to colony of Sterling C. Robertson by ox-wagons and carryalls. With the Dunns were families of Henry Caufield, Letitia Ellis and her daughter Elizabeth Watson, Henry and William Fullerton, Hugh and William Henry, the widow McMillan, and the Youngs. Burial of infant of James and Isabella Dunn (1836) opened this cemetery, used ever since by heirs of the pioneers. (1972) (Marker No. 10916)
Vysehrad Cemetery is the graveyard attached to the Basilica of Saint Peter & Saint Paul in Vysehrad (notes at the end about the Vysehrad complex).
The complex is over a thousand years old, but the cemetery was only established in 1869, which explains the newness of the headstones. It's an active cemetery, though it seems pretty packed walking around. As noted below, this could basically be seen as the Czech pantheon, given the number of notable Czechs interred here from the arts, letters, and medicine.
Among those you'll find here (that non-Czechs may recognize, by name or contribution) are: Jan Neruda (a poet, and the man from whom Pablo Neruda took his pen name), Antonin Dvorak (composer of the New World Symphony), Josef & Karel Capek (brothers, Josef created the word "robot" and Karel used it in his play R.U.R., which introduced the word to the world), Karel Ancerl (conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra), Hana Maskova (1968 bronze medalist in Olympic figure skating), and Jan Evangelista Purkyne (who, in 1839, coined the term "protoplasm"). There are many others of note, and very ornate headstones -- hence this large set. I don't intend to slight anyone, so feel free to do some research on your own if you wish.
Vysehrad is a pretty neat place to visit in Prague, in my opinion -- especially if you want to relax away from tourists.
It has a combination of things that make it wonderful for me. Its history, its current use, its location (and views it affords), and what's left on site -- taken individually, warrant a visit in my world. Collectively? Winner.
We'll start with what Vysehrad was, which involves local beliefs and legends. The (unproven) thought is that this is the original site of Prague, founded by Duke Krok in...who knows what year? Duke Krok is a myth, though may have been real. And since he's a myth, his daughters, too, are mythical. One of them is Libuse, who has a "bath" here, and she can be found in some architecture around town. I recall seeing her on a building on Karlova.
Duke Kroc was the first duke of the Czech people. Princess Libuse, the youngest (and wisest) of his three daughters later became queen and married a ploughman named Premysl, founding the Premyslid dynasty (interesting...she's royalty, he's a commoner, yet the dynasty is named for him because he's a man...yea for sexism?). The three sisters had special powers (one a healer, one a magician, and Libuse could predict the future). She prophesied the founding of Prague in the 8th century. So believe the Czechs.
What does history tell us? Well, this fortress-castle has been here for a thousand years give or take. Precise origin dates are unknown (or I can't seem to find them). One of the buildings here -- St. Martin's Chapel -- is known to have been built sometime between 1060-1090, so we can say it's conservatively a thousand years old.
Part of the fun of the legend that could support its continuing existence is its location high on a bluff directly overlooking the Vltava River. It was a perfect place to build a defensive fortress, that eventually became a royal castle. As the city grew, and Prague Castle was built, Vysehrad's importance waned.
The two castles competed (kind of) for two centuries to be the most important in Prague. The heyday for Vysehrad was in the late 11th century (when St. Martin's Chapel was built). Vratislaus II, the first king of Bohemia (until him, all were dukes or duchesses) moved his seat of power here from Prague Castle, at which point the original Vysehrad fortress received a major upgrade: a new palatial home, a church, a chapter house.
Growth continued, but only for a short time. Vratislaus's son, Duke Sobeslav (I'm not sure why he was duke, if his dad was king) moved the royal seat right on back to Prague Castle.
The death knell for Vysehrad (as a royal residence) came when Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (yeah, the same one for whom Charles Bridge is named) renovated Prague Castle to its current dimensions. Vysehrad was abandoned. However, Charles did renew the fortifications with new gates, a royal palace (though never official seat of government), and started repairing the basilica. This was early 14th century. About a hundred years later in 1420 at the start of the Hussite War, Vysehrad was rancasked. And again, a few decades later. Finally, Vysehrad was left to ruin...
...Until the Austrians came along. Austria-Hungary gained Czech lands as a prize of the Thirty Years' War, remodeling it as a baroque fortress, to use as a training center for their troops.
The main building that dominated Vysehrad (to this day) is the Basilica of St. Peter & St. Paul. It's pretty big. Hard to miss, for sure. Like St. Martin's Chapel, it was also (originally) built in the 11th century. Unlike little St. Martin's, though, the big fella was remodeled in the late 1300s and, again, by the Austrians in 1885 & 1887. It's now a neo-Gothic church. Also dating to this baroque renovation are the Tabor and Leopold gates.
So...what do you get when come to Vysehrad now? A city park, really. It's free to come and go (though I think going inside the church may cost a little money).
The bastion walls are fantastic to take a walk around and enjoy panoramic views of every part of the city, the river, the bridges, just to reflect on the here and now, and the past. The bastions are big enough, and long enough, that you can take some time to just do that alone. There are also benches if you want to relax and enjoy the view.
Inside the fortress walls, you'll find mostly wooded land (thanks to its having been abandoned) with the aforementioned church and chapel, plus some other historic recreations, a few trails, and...well, all around, pleasant places to be. There are a handful of statues around the grounds, including Good King Wenceslaus, and Princess Libuse.
Being as that it's a church -- and a large one -- there's also a church cemetery attached directly to the side and back of it. Creatively, it's called "Vysehrad Cemetery."
As far as cemeteries go, I've been to many, and this one has some of the most interesting headstones I've seen. Not only that, as far as Czechs go, this could almost be their Pantheon. While royalty are buried elsewhere (Prague Castle, for starters), the literati all seem to be buried here -- except Kafka. He's in the New Jewish Cemetery. And, not every famous Czech is buried here, of course, but quite a few prominent ones from arts and letters are taking their dirt naps here. At the end of the day, this is a big, beautiful public park, well worth a visit, and the locals love it. This seems to be one of the places they come to celebrate New Year's Eve. I love that it's not overrun by tourists, though hope that anyone who has read this can make it there and see for yourself.
Vater (Father) Johann
Geb. (born) 30 March, 1853
Gest. (died) 14 Jan, 1926
Mutter (Mother) Wilhelmina
Geb.(born) 23 Oct, 1863
Gest.(died) 7 Jan 1941
Richland Lutheran Cemetery
Hemlock, Michigan
Aurora, Indiana
Listed 12/31/2013
Reference Number: 13001011
River View Cemetery was established in 1869, by civic leaders of Aurora, Indiana, and is identified with the social history of the town's development from being an Ohio River frontier outpost to the maturing community of commerce and wealth in the later half of the 19th century. The original thirty-acre plat of River View Cemetery was professionally designed in the recognized style of the ""rural"" cemetery movement, a declaration of the town's progress and material capacity. Thus, River View Cemetery demonstrates significance on local, state and national levels. With minimal exceptions, headstones and monuments in the original plat date from the cemetery's founding in 1869 to the middle of the 20th century. Additions of architecture and burial plots are characteristic to their respective periods and otherwise complement the historic scale and character. A twelve-acre 1945 expansion to the cemetery is distinguished from the original plat and does not intrude upon its context or character. With the modern expansion being the place of most contemporary burials, the area of original location maintains its integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, therefore meeting National Register Criteria A, C and Criteria Consideration D (for a cemetery). River View Cemetery has statewide significance as one of Indiana's early examples of a professionally designed landscape. The cemetery was an out-of-the-ordinary commission for noted regional architect William Tinsley, which also contributes to the statewide significance of the property.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
The Old Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt is located at Rat-Beil-Straße ("Councillor Beil Street") directly adjacent to the oldest parts of the gentile Frankfurt Main Cemetery. Together, Frankfurt Main Cemetery, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the New Jewish Cemetery constitute one of the largest cemetery areas in Germany. The Old Jewish Cemetery is noted for many monumental graves and includes the graves of many notable individuals. The Old Jewish Cemetery is the largest of Frankfurt's twelve Jewish cemeteries.
About a third of the cemetery’s original tombstones, dating from the 13th century to 1828, survived Nazi depredations; many still lean at crazy angles. Pick up the key at the Museum Judengasse; you’ll be asked to leave ID as a deposit. Men are requested to wear a head covering.
The exterior of the cemetery’s western wall is known as the Wand der Namen because it is studded with row upon row of metal cubes bearing the names of 11,000 Frankfurt Jews who died in the Holocaust. Visitors often place pebbles atop the cubes to indicate, in accordance with Jewish tradition, that the deceased is still remembered.
It was opened, together with the Main Cemetery, in 1828. By 1928, when the cemetery was closed for new graves because it was full, there were around 40,000 burials on the cemetery. Since 1928, interment has only been possible in already established (family) graves. In its place, the New Jewish Cemetery was opened in 1928.
Miles Ashworth ( 1792 - 1868) was a weaver and first President of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society. He had also served in the British navy, helping to guard Napoleon on the 'Northumberland' when it took him to exile in St Helena.
Taken on a recent walk in a very remote cemetery in Pitsea Essex.
I was looking for inspiration to take shots, of which i am struggling these days ! Anyway there is something very calming and peaceful , also the beautiful wild birds especially robins were in sweet tune. I will return.
Taken with my sony A77 and Sigma 17-50 F2.8 lens
Elmwood Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
Listed 8/27/2013
Reference Number: 1300643
Elmwood Cemetery is a 50-acre municipal cemetery established in Norfolk County (now in the City ofNorfolk), Virginia, in 1853. It is contiguous with Norfolk's first public cemetery, Cedar Grove, established in 1825. Elmwood is filled with an abundance of Victorian funerary art and displays a wealth of material culture relating to the Victorian attitudes toward death and mourning. It contains the graves of individuals and groups who made noteworthy contributions to the city, state, and nation. The works of both local and nationally recognized artisans, sculptors and stonemasons may be found there. It contains abundant resources for the study of the social, political, economic, cultural and ethnic heritage of the area. Elmwood continues to serve as an active city cemetery. Elmwood Cemetery is locally significant under Criteria A and C and areas of significance are Social History, Art, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture. The property is locally significant under Criterion B as the final resting place for numerous individuals whose contributions to Norfolk's development are significant, as well as historic figures who achieved prominence on a statewide or larger scale, in particular the following individuals: Littleton Waller Tazewell, Sr., Hugh Blair Grigsby, James Barron Hope, David Minton Wright, Walter Herron Taylor, Robert Morton Hughes, William Sloane, Williams. Forrest, and Lycurgus Berkley, Sr. Elmwood Cemetery meets Criteria Considerations C and D as it derives significance from its association with historic events and individuals and its design characteristics. Elmwood's period of significance begins with the establishment of the cemetery in 1853 and ends with the construction of the Superintendent's Office in 1931.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
American Thanksgiving Day is tomorrow....Let us all be thankful for who and what we have,after all, there are millions of people way less fortunate than us, and who worry where their next meal will come from,let alone hoping to get a deal on "Black Friday". As for myself...I am grateful to be able to feed and house my family,and take pleasure in simple things like nature. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Mount Jackson, VA in the Shenandoah Valley
Memorial lists names of all buried here.
Established in 1861. Contains about 400 graves. The white marble statue of a Confederate soldier was erected and dedicated in 1903, with money raised by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. By 1910 they raised additional funds to erect an entrance archway and an iron fence with iron gates at the front and a white picket fence around the remainder of the cemetery. The original iron fence and archway were destroyed by a truck accident in 1963; they were not replaced until 1990.
All of the soldiers buried here have been identified, and there are no longer any unknowns.