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Since its creation in 1787 as Łyczakowski Cemetery, it has been the main necropolis of the city's intelligentsia, middle and upper classes. Initially the cemetery was located on several hills in the borough of Lychakiv, following the imperial Austro-Hungarian edict ordering that all cemeteries be moved outside of the city limits. The original project was prepared by Karol Bauer, the head of the Lviv University botanical garden.
In mid-1850s the cemetery was expanded significantly by Tytus Tchórzewski, who created the present network of alleys and round-abouts. It then became the main city cemetery, and soon most other cemeteries were closed. The two largest that remained were the Yanivskiy Cemetery (Polish: cmentarz Janowski), with many working class graves and the adjacent New Jewish Cemetery. Lychakivskiy Cemetery was used by all Christian sects in the city: in addition to Roman Catholics, it also included Eastern Rite Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox. After World War II the city was annexed by the Soviet Union to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the majority of the surviving pre-war inhabitants of the city were expelled to the former German areas awarded to Poland after the Yalta Conference. This started a period of devastation of historical monuments located at the cemetery. Up to 1971 many of the sculptures were destroyed. However, in 1975 the cemetery was declared a historical monument and the degradation ended. Since the late 1980s, the cemetery has seen constant rebuilding and refurbishment and continues to be one of the principal tourist attractions of Lwów.
Sergeant Dennis Harold Goldstein was an English airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War. Goldstein, an air gunner in 51 Squadron, died on 9 October 1943, when his Avro Lancaster (serial JD253) crashed at Hofgeismar while engaged on an operation against Kassel, with the loss of five crewmembers. Two of the airman, Sergeants E.R. Burbage and F. Gration, RCAF survived and were taken prisoner.
Flight Sergeant Albert Charles Harris. Crewmember of Handley Page Halifax B. Mk. II (JD-331), operated by No. 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 31 August / 1 September 1943 and shot down by a night fighter. The Bomber came down near Hillentrup. Three crewmembers were killed and four became POW. One of 3 squadron aircraft lost on this mission.
"[...] remembers seeing F/S Albert Harris waiting for his turn to jump. It is thought that Harris was also caught in the explosion of the aircraft as the bombs reached the point which caused them to explode.[...]" www.419squadron.com/JD331.html
Sergeant (Air Bomber) William W Findley. 51 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Service Number 944476. No more Informations at this time.
I paid a winter visit to this cemetery today. In my quest to photograph all of Attleboro's cemeteries, I'd been putting off this one, as it seemed rather mundane from the road. However, as aficionados know, just about every cemetery rewards a visit,and this was no exception. The snow and clouds combined to form some nice winter vistas as well..
most people tend to go to cemeteries to mourn or pay some kind of respect or tribute to the dead.
others are there just to work on their late-afternoon tanning. frigging woodchuck.
my mom spotted this guy lazing about, sunning himself among the tombstones. he lives under that pillar he's spilling over on :)
Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, MA.
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Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA.
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon & Philadelphia, Pa. Mount Moriah was established in 1855 as one of the first rural pastoral cemeteries in the country. Many famous persons including Betsey Ross were buried there. After decades of neglect the cemetery was officially abandoned in 2011. A group of volunteers formed the “Friends of Mount Moriah” to clear the cemetery of the overgrowth of vines, trees, & weeds that made it unvisitable, maintain & update the records, and work to establishing a legal entity for the cemetery. More information is available at friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/
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Old cemetery in Moss Vale.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8D lens. Ilford Super XP2 400 35mm C41 B&W film.
Fall foliage in the Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield. Uneven color this year -- a lot of leaves at peak, past peak, and not yet peaking, all at the same time.
Historical tour of Drummond Hill cemetery & Battle ground Hotel.
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Paddington Cemetery is a mid sized cemetery in London. My personal highlight is it houses Michael Bond’s grave, who was the creator of Paddington Bear. Seeing his grave here, along with a fitting epitaph does have a poetically beautiful feel to it.
Even without that though it has a lot of variety for a cemetery of it’s side, with a large formal area of historic monuments and stones, an area containing a collection of more personal modern graves, and even a small rustic nature reserve area.
It’s borderline if it’s large enough to justify a visit on it’s own, but it’s a great extra to do once you’ve visited one of the nearby big cemeteries like Kensal Green or Brompton Cemetery.
Rimini Cemetery. Took a stroll after placing flowers at the Fellini plot.
Nikon F4. Ilford Delta 400 35mm B&W film.
Lima's oldest post-colonial cemetery, with some amazing statues, which, sadly, are very much neglected...
It looks like someone tried to restore (?) the statue a little by painting its face brown. I'd love to hear from an expert regarding this touching up.
Our local pioneer cemetery restoration group held an event to mark their 35th anniversary today, and I went along (because it was local and something to do on a nice Sunday afternoon). I selected this lovely cherry-print dress to wear.
St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in Launching, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The cemetery was established in 1820, and abandoned in 1860. Many of the headstones are just simple plain rocks.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto is one of Canada’s largest and most historic cemeteries. Originally a 200 acre farm it was converted and opened in 1876, and has since become the final resting place for over 200,000 persons.
Opened in 1998, the Garden of Remembrance was created for those choosing cremation and with a final resting place within Mount Pleasant Cemetery.