tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post7996819702315668815..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: Top 10 Unusual CemeteriesJanet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-68297444579903578632010-11-30T16:08:45.153-08:002010-11-30T16:08:45.153-08:00Great list! One correction--the dog cemetery in p...Great list! One correction--the dog cemetery in paris is the second oldest operating burial ground for animals. The oldest operating one is Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, est. 1896, just no. of NYC.Mary T.http://www.animalimage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-39890925953770856302010-11-20T00:50:57.194-08:002010-11-20T00:50:57.194-08:00The Merry Cemetery in Romania is the strangest cem...The Merry Cemetery in Romania is the strangest cemetery I ever seen.Top ten listshttp://www.thetop10guide.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-6766225275036929622010-11-14T15:28:08.309-08:002010-11-14T15:28:08.309-08:00Thanks, Toby, forgot to mention the Cemetery in Hi...Thanks, Toby, forgot to mention the Cemetery in Highgate and didn't know you couldn't wander any more. The Cemetery in Prague is one of my favorite, albeit sad, cemeteries. Was there the day before the revolution.Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-18714934803727748872010-11-14T15:26:59.718-08:002010-11-14T15:26:59.718-08:00We visited the Kerameikos Cemetery in Athens that ...We visited the Kerameikos Cemetery in Athens that has a fascinating museum full of ancient Greek cemetery statuary. But the walk on the grounds is best of all. I copied the following from Goggle:<br /><br />Within the site are the ancient walls of Athens and the Sacred Gate which was only used by pilgrims from Eleusus using the sacred road to and from that site during the anual procession. Nearby is the Dipylon gate which was the main entrance to the city, where the Panathenaic procession began and where the cities prostitutes congregated so they could make themselves available to weary travelers. It was from this spot that Pericles gave what was probably his most well-known speech honoring those who had died in the first year of the Peloponesian war.<br /><br />The cemetery in Prague in the old Jewish quarter next to the Old-New Synagogue, established in the first half of the 15th century is also worth a mention. Rabbi Loew associated with the Golem legend is buried here and other luminaries of Jewish history like Avigor Karo, the Jewish poet and scholar.<br /><br />There is also the Highgate Cemetery in London, where Karl Marx is buried as well as many Victorian authors. Mel Hunt, Joanne and Bill and I spent hours walking the grounds but I see on Goggle that you may not go unaccompanied by an official tour or guide any longer due to previous vandalism.Toby Gottfriednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-28479891858854162442010-11-14T12:27:13.127-08:002010-11-14T12:27:13.127-08:00Not nearly as spectacular but extraordinarily peac...Not nearly as spectacular but extraordinarily peaceful are the cemeteries in the Land Between the Lakes. This area was made when the Tennessee Valley Authority built hydroelectric dams and created two lakes between Kentucky and Tennessee. They moved the cemeteries from the land that would be submerged. Beautiful country and very peaceful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-69062409291902902272010-11-14T12:25:46.891-08:002010-11-14T12:25:46.891-08:00Who knew cemeteries could be such fun. ;-DWho knew cemeteries could be such fun. ;-DGerrie Ferris Fingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550926331044401955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-46444898562687083782010-11-14T10:00:20.325-08:002010-11-14T10:00:20.325-08:00Such a variety - creepy picture.Such a variety - creepy picture.Maddyhttp://whittereronautism.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-7051376679533359372010-11-14T07:30:02.358-08:002010-11-14T07:30:02.358-08:00"It is said that many cemeteries are raising ..."It is said that many cemeteries are raising their costs of burials....based on the cost of living!!! It seems we have to start shopping around for deals."Donald Durantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-70932590846676975282010-11-14T06:46:08.287-08:002010-11-14T06:46:08.287-08:00Cool, Bobbi, and we'll expect a guest blog whe...Cool, Bobbi, and we'll expect a guest blog when it's published. "-)Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-8519662601625026242010-11-14T06:30:59.750-08:002010-11-14T06:30:59.750-08:00I loved reading about the Single Women's Cemet...I loved reading about the Single Women's Cemetery in England. Great stuff, Janet!<br />In Paris we lived very near the Catacombs where, starting in the 18th C., they laid out the disinterred bones of millions of people in the underground tunnels of the abandoned stone quarries. The cemeteries above ground were overflowing so they had to move the bones underground. <br />The Catacombs are playing a big role in my current mystery thriller.Bobbi Mummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374200975450583226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-23615182332500865792010-11-13T15:19:01.835-08:002010-11-13T15:19:01.835-08:00I LOVE cemeteries! I think one of the most unusua...I LOVE cemeteries! I think one of the most unusual burial grounds I've seen is the crypts beneath Center Church on New Haven Green in New Haven, CT. Click <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattietierney/4069212232/" rel="nofollow">here</a> for a collage of pictures.Pattie @ Olla-Podridahttp://pattietierney.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com