Thursday 13 August 2009

Bridge to the Glasgow Necropolis

This will mainly be a pictorial log of the cemeteries and church yards I visit a long my travels.. they will primarily be of Scottish graveyards, since that is where I am now living. I am a Friend of the Glasgow Necropolis, so I will have a ton of pictures as well as information on that. The Glasgow Necropolis rivals Pere Lachaise. The architecture is stunning with works by names such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Alexander "Greek" Thomson.

These photos are of the bridge that leads to the Glasgow Necropolis. I could only imagine a funeral procession taking place along this bridge, what a sombre, dramatic sight it must have been.

The vaults straight a head were originally constructed to house the remains of some of the most promient Glaswegians, however due to the bodysnatchers no one ever wanted their remains interred front and center. It is now used as a very beautiful, if not grandious gardening shed.

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