Binding: Hardcover
Description: Discover the fascinating stories of the world's most beautiful cemeteries featuring spectacular photography unique histories and famous residents. Cities of the Dead takes us on a tour of memorial sites ranging from monastic settlements to grand cathedrals Shinto shrines to Gothic chapels tombs and crypts. Enjoy tales of myths and monsters grave - robbers pilgrimages spiritual retreats remembrance and community. Marvel in cemeteries with a hundred thousand to a handful of graves which feature famous headstones weeping angels ocean views woodlands thousands of glowing lanterns and a tomb of poets. From London's famous Highgate Cemetery which houses famous names from Karl Marx to Malcolm Mc Laren George Eliot to Christina Rosetti to Hawaii's breathtaking Valley of the Temples this book spans the globe to bring you the most fascinating intriguing and evocative cemeteries across cultures and continents. Together with evocative images the stories behind these notable burial sites bring these sanctuaries to life detailing the features that make them special highlighting both similarities and differences between time periods religions and cultures and showing how cemeteries are about and for the living as much as the dead.
Title: Cities Of The Dead The World's Most Beautiful Cemeteries
Author(s): Zappaterra Yolanda
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9780711265783
Pages: 240 Pages, 200 Colour Photos
Publication Date: 9/27/2022
Category: Places & Peoples: General & Pictorial Works