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La Necrópolis de Glasgow es un cementerio de estilo victoriano del siglo XIX construido sobre un parque en el que yacen los restos de más de 50.000 personas. Es uno de los cementerios más importantes en Europa por la relación de su estilo artístico con el arte medieval, con la ciudad de Glasgow y también con la catedral de Glasgow.
Es además un parque simbólico en Glasgow por lo que la Necrópolis supone un lugar turístico emblemático que no te puedes perder al visitar la segunda ciudad más importante en Escocia.
Historia de la Necrópolis de Glasgow
La Necrópolis de Glasgow fue inicialmente un parque, denominado Fir Park, en el que se comenzaron a practicar enterramientos de cristianos y judíos a principios del siglo XIX. Perteneció a la Merchants' House de Glasgow y fue donado a la ciudad en los años 60.
Se cuenta que inicialmente el proyecto de la Necrópolis se hizo para congregar cadáveres bajo las colinas del parque formando catacumbas, ya que el robo de cuerpos para su venta en el mundo de la investigación médica supuso un grave problema en aquella época. Sin embargo, en 1832 hubo un acta que permitió el uso legal de cadáveres para la investigación y el robó cesó.
La transformación de parque a Necrópolis estuvo al cargo de los hermanos Bryce de Edimburgo y del jardinero jefe George Mylne. El modelo de la Necrópolis se basa en el cementerio francés Père-Lachaise de París. Tras varias extensiones de terreno, siendo su actual tamaño dos veces al original, el parque se convirtió finalmente en 1892 en la Necrópolis de la ciudad de Glasgow que hoy se puede visitar.
En la Necrópolis de Glasgow hay monumentos diseñados por arquitectos y escultores de renombre de la época, entre los que se encuentran el artista escocés Charles Mackintosh -parte de su obra se puede contemplar en el Museo Hunterian en Glasgow- o Alexander 'Greek' Thomson entre otros. La Necrópolis de Glasgow abarca diferentes estilos arquitectónicos y artísticos, primado el estilo victoriano.
The Glasgow Necropolis is multi-faith. The 50,000 residents are made up of Catholics, Protestants, Quakers, Jews, Lutherans and everybody else. Due to their beliefs the Jewish people buried in the Necropolis had to be buried in a separate plot.
La Necrópolis de Glasgow es un cementerio victoriano de Glasgow. Está en una colina baja, al este de la Catedral de Glasgow.
La Necrópolis de Glasgow está en una tierra llamada ‘The Craigs’ la cual fue comprada por la Casa de los Comerciantes de Glasgow en 1650 y se convirtió en un parque público durante casi 200 años. El concepto de un cementerio jardín se basó en el Cementerio Pere la Chaise después de que un miembro de la Casa de los Comerciantes hubiera visitado París. La Necrópolis fue abierta oficialmente en 1833.
A necropolis is a large cemetery of an ancient or modern city, A Latin word literally meaning "city of the dead," The Glasgow Necropolis is a large hillside cemetery primarily occupied by the elite of the city's past.
The Giza Necropolis is an archaeological site in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculptureknown as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex. It is located some 9 km inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km southwest of Cairo city centre. The pyramids, which have historically loomed large as emblems of ancient Egypt in the Western imagination, were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of theSeven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence.
Dara ’22
Like all classical Roman cities, Dara had the necropolis built just outside the city walls, close enough that they could be easily visited by family but far enough that they didn't get in the way of the defense. By late Roman times Christianity was undermining the strict division between the city of the living and that of the dead (the literal meaning of necropolis) but only privileged Christians received burial in the churchyard. Like other near eastern cities, Dara's necropolis is carved into the nearest cliffside. You can see similar examples in Urfa, Seleucia, Petra, and of course the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
What's interesting here is that you can see further examples of stonecarving like in the mines just next door. At a guess, I'd say this place was originally a mine producing stones for the walls when the village was abruptly fortified in 505 and only afterwards was it converted into a necropolis for the new city.
Necropolis Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Toronto, located on the west side of the Don Valley near Riverdale Farm. Opened in 1850 to replace "Strangers' Burying Ground" (or Potter's Field)"
Tumba de este yacimiento prenurágico ubicado a unos 10 km de Alguero, Cerdeña. Es la necrópolis mayor encontrada hasta el momento en la isla. Incluye unas cuarenta tumbas hipogeas de estructuras complejas atribuidas desde la cultura Ozieri (Neolítico final, 3300-2900 a.C.) hasta la de Bonnanaro (Bronce inicial, 1800-1600 a.C.).
Necropolis en Casillas de Berlanga, Soria, Castilla y Leon / Spain
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A necropolis is a large cemetery of an ancient or modern city, A Latin word literally meaning "city of the dead," The Glasgow Necropolis is a large hillside cemetery primarily occupied by the elite of the city's past.
La Necrópolis de Glasgow es un cementerio victoriano de Glasgow. Está en una colina baja, al este de la Catedral de Glasgow.
La Necrópolis de Glasgow está en una tierra llamada ‘The Craigs’ la cual fue comprada por la Casa de los Comerciantes de Glasgow en 1650 y se convirtió en un parque público durante casi 200 años. El concepto de un cementerio jardín se basó en el Cementerio Pere la Chaise después de que un miembro de la Casa de los Comerciantes hubiera visitado París. La Necrópolis fue abierta oficialmente en 1833.
A necropolis is a large cemetery of an ancient or modern city, A Latin word literally meaning "city of the dead," The Glasgow Necropolis is a large hillside cemetery primarily occupied by the elite of the city's past.
The Colon Cemetery, or more fully in the Spanish language Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, was founded in 1876 in the Vedado neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba on top of Espada Cemetery. Named for Christopher Columbus, the 140 acre (57 ha) cemetery is noted for its many elaborately sculpted memorials. It is estimated that today the cemetery has more than 500 major mausoleums, chapels, and family vaults.
The first impact of Colon Cemetery is a seemingly endless succession of tombs blinding white in the midday heat, few shade trees and nowhere to sit. In front of the main entrance, at the axes of the principal avenues Avenida Cristobal Colón, Obispo Espada and Obispo Fray Jacinto, stands the Central Chapel apparently modelled on Il Duomo in Florence. On every side rectangular streets lead geometrically to the cemetery’s 56 hectares, designed by Loira to define the rank and social status of the dead with distinct areas, almost city suburbs: priests, soldiers, brotherhoods, the wealthy, the poor, infants, victims of epidemics, pagans and the condemned. The best preserved and grandest tombs stand on or near these central avenues and their axes.
With more than 800,000 graves and 1 million interments, space in the Colon Cemetery is currently at a premium and as such after three years remains are removed from their tombs, boxed and placed in a storage building.
The Giza Necropolis is an archaeological site in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculptureknown as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex.
The Giza Necropolis (Arabic: أهرامات الجيزة, "pyramids of Giza") is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex. It is located some 9 km (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km (15 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre. The pyramids, which have historically loomed large as emblems of ancient Egypt in the Western imagination,were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence.