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
McLaren, 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.
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