Cemetery statuary, headstones, and crypts hold a special fascination for a lot of people. I often wonder what on earth was going through the minds of those who commissioned some of these grave markers? Why would anyone think the addition of creepy skulls and crossbones on the monument of their loved one’s final resting place would be a good thing? Rather macabre if you ask me. Whatever possessed them, I can’t help but be intrigued.
a deathbed of golden ferns by estruda
Serbian minorty cemetary, near a small Hungarian town. by renegadeofpeace
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland USA by touch the flame
Abandoned Pantheon of Revolutionaries Cemetery in Kerepesi. This grave marker was made by and for architect and sculptor Géza Maróti’s grave. by renegadeofpeace
the cemetery at the remuh synagogue in cracow by skarzynscy
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Cracow and one of the oldest in Europe, founded in 1535.
In 1959 the cemetery archaeological excavations took place, during which found hundreds of stone tombstones, 700 stelae and sarcophagi. The cemetery was renovated. In the inner part of the wall panels built into fragments of tombstones, creating the so-called. Wailing Wall. The oldest preserved tombstone is from 1552.
Abandoned Pantheon of Revolutionaries Cemetery in Kerepesi. by renegadeofpeace
Mountain View Cemetery, Marriottsville, Maryland USA by touch the flame
Abandoned Pantheon of Revolutionaries Cemetery in Kerepesi. by renegadeofpeace
Victorian cemetery in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England by estruda
Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland USA by touch the flame
Abandoned Pantheon of Revolutionaries Cemetery in Kerepesi. by renegadeofpeace
Old Jewish graves at the cemetery at the Remuh Synagogue in Cracow, Poland by skarzynscy
by su58
Abandoned Pantheon of Revolutionaries Cemetery in Kerepesi. by renegadeofpeace
The old ortodox cemetery in Plock (Poland) by su58
Another very old Cemetery at Bishops Castle, Shropshire, by estruda
Victorian cemetery in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England by estruda
New Jewish Cemetery in Wroclaw, Poland by OkeMani
Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise – Paris by Tenebrae76
St. Catherine’s, Barton-Upon-Irwell, Lancashie, England by Estruda
Really old gravestones in Salem, Massachusetts by Anne
If you’re in the mood for some unique/amusing grave markers…
