Cemetery

A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are the place where the final ceremonies of death are observed. These ceremonies or rites differ according to cultural practice and religious belief. Cemeteries are distinguished from other burial grounds by their location; they are usually not adjoined to a church. A graveyard, on the other hand, is located in a churc ...

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia II - Weißensee Cemetery - Construction of the Cemetery The plot of land was bought by the Reform Jewish community in the 1880s as other Berlin Jewish cemeteries reached full capacity. The cemetery was designed by renouned German architect, Hugo Licht in the Italian Neorenaissance style. The surrounding walls and main building (where the archives are kept and the cemetery administered) are built using a distinctive yellow brick. A second building (built in 1910) was destroyed during the second world war. The grave plots are arranged into 120 different sections, each with their own geometri ...

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Gate of Heaven Cemetery

The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York as a Roman Catholic burial site. Amongst its famous residents is baseball immortal Babe Ruth and his wife, Claire Ruth (1900-1976) whose grave has an inscription from Cardinal Spellman and is almost always adorned by a large number of baseballs, bats, and caps. Some of the notables interred here are: Anton Bilotti (1906-1963), composer, author Including:

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery covers 982 acres in Elwood, Illinois. It is located approximately 50 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois. When fully completed, it will provide 400,000 burial spaces. The cemetery was dedicated in 1999 by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. It was the 117th national cemetery dedicated under the administration. It sits on the former Joliet, Illinois Army Ammunition Plant site, also called the Joliet Arsenal. The cemetery is named after President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th Pre ...

Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, although it was not always sought-after. Indeed, when it was announced Marilyn Monroe was to be buried there in 1962, observers were astonished. Joe DiMaggio, responsible for the funeral arrangements, chose Westwood for its obscurity. However Mari ...

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a joint governmental organisation responsible for marking and maintaining the graves of members of the Commonwealth military forces who died in the two world wars and subsequent wars, to build memorials to those with no known grave, and to keep records of the war dead. Member nations are: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India. Newfoundland was a founding member but ceased to have separate status from 1949 when it became a part of Canada. The Pre ...

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Cimetière de Passy

The Cimetière de Passy is a famous cemetery located at 2, rue du Commandant Schœlsing in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. In the early 19th century, on the orders of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, all the cemeteries in Paris were replaced by several large new ones. Outside the precincts of the capital, the Cimetière de Montmartre was built in the north, the Cimetière Père Lachaise in the east, and the Cimetière du Montparnasse in the south. The Cimetière ...

Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Cimetière de Montmartre

Cimetière de Montmartre is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786, as they presented health hazards. Several new cemeteries replaced all the Parisian ones, outside the precincts of the capital, in the early 19th century: Montmartre in the north, Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise in the east, Cimetière de Passy ...

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Tomb

A tomb is a small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. See also. List of Egyptian tombs cemetery funeral grave catacom ...

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Cadaver tomb

A cadaver tomb (or "memento mori tomb", Latin for "reminder of death") is a sarcophagus that resembles a carved stone bunk-bed with the deceased shown alive on the top level (life-sized and often kneeling in prayer) and in death on the bottom level, in the grave and complete with worms, rot, and shroud. The term is sometimes used for a tomb that shows only the cadaver without the live person. It is intended as an allegory about how we are all going to end up and, thus, how transient earthly glory is. A depiction of a rotting cadaver in art (as oppos ...

Cemetery: Encyclopedia - Aoyama Tokyo

Aoyama (青山; lit:Blue mountain) is a neighborhood of Tokyo, located in the northeastern Minato Ward. During the Edo Period, Aoyama was home to various temples, shrines, and samurai residences. The name Aoyama derived from a samurai Aoyama who served the Tokugawa Shogunate and held his mantion in this area. Today, along with Shibuya and Harajuku, it is one of the most popular entertainment and shopping areas for young people in Tokyo. It is well known for its fashion houses, restaurants, and shopping. Chichibunomiya rugby stadium is ...

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Cemetery: Encyclopedia II - List of cemeteries - Canada

Province of New Brunswick: Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John - final resting place of several early Canadian statesmen including Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley. Province of Quebec: Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont, Sainte-Foy - interred here are politicians Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Jean Lesage and others. Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal – some of the notables buried here include Maurice Richard, George-Étienne Cartier, Doug Harv ...

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