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PMR-D12248 Germany, Lower Bavaria, Unterschleissheim: snowy scene in the cemetery. Keywords: countryside, gravestones, graveyard, nature, picturesque, snowfall, weather, winter
PMR-D9012 Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. The tomb of the "Italian Brotherhood". Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia
PMR-D9011 Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. The crematorium chapel. Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia
PMR-D9010 Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. Left, the tomb of the family Kusanovic; right, the tomb of the " Croat Benevolent Society". Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia
PMR-D9009 Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia
PMR-D9008 Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. In the foreground the tomb of the "Croat Benevolent Society"; in the background the Menendes family tomb. Keywords: South America, Patagonia, Andes, Latin America, architecture, gravestones, memorials, graveyard, sculpture, culture, heritage
PMR-D9007 Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia
PMR-D9006 Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. Keywords: South America, Patagonia, Andes, Latin America, architecture, gravestones, memorials, graveyard, sculpture, culture, heritage
PMR-D7593 Morocco, Essaouira: the historic Jewish cemetery.. Keywords: Africa, gravestones, interment, graves, burials, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim
PMR-D6812 Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Onacht: ruins of one of seven early Christian churches. The burial ground is still in use. Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, stones, cemetery, graveyard, gravestones, 7-Churches
PMR-D6613 Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. The round tower, over 30 metres high, surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard
PMR-D6593 Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. A ruined church surrounded by lichen-covered gravestones ancient and modern. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard
PMR-D6590 Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. A ruined church surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard
PMR-D6588 Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. A ruined church surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard
PMR-D6536 Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the 11th-century Reefert Church was the traditional burial place of the chiefs of the O'Toole family and 7 graves have been discovered. A number of rough stone crosses stand nearby. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery
PMR-D6535 Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the 11th-century Reefert Church was the traditional burial place of the chiefs of the O'Toole family and 7 graves have been discovered. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery
PMR-D6534 Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the 11th-century Reefert Church was the traditional burial place of the chiefs of the O'Toole family and 7 graves have been discovered. A number of rough stone crosses stand nearby. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery
PMR-D6528 Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: ruins of the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul, surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern, with the round tower in the background. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval
PMR-D6527 Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the round lookout tower, 33 metres high, which has stood unchanged for a thousand years, surrounded by ancient and modern gravestones. The entrance was well above ground level, reached by wooden steps which could be drawn up in the event of attack. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval
PMR-D6517 Ireland, Wicklow: view of the surrounding hilly countryside from the graveyard of Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery
PMR-D4172 Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): Greek family gravestone, displayed in the castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum). Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising
PMR314-05 Switzerland, Basel: main entrance of the Münster (cathedral), with carvings in the red sandstone and handsome wooden doors. Begun in the 12th century, the building is partly Romanesque and partly Gothic. The gravestone of Erasmus is to be seen in the north aisle. Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Christian, religion
PMR314-04 Switzerland, Basel: the famous Romanesque portal known as the St. Gall in the Münster (cathedral) Begun in the 12th century, the building is partly Romanesque and partly Gothic. The gravestone of Erasmus is to be seen in the north aisle. Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Christian, religion
PMR314-03 Switzerland, Basel: Münster (cathedral), south west facade. Begun in the 12th century, the building is partly Romanesque and partly Gothic. The gravestone of Erasmus is to be seen in the north aisle. Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Christian, religion
PMR227-04 Greece, Athens: Keramikos Graveyard: this dog guards the grave of Lysimachides of Acharnae. More modest gravestones in the background. Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city
PMR212-07 Czechoslovakia, Prague: the Old Jewish Cemetery contains about 12,000 gravestones, the oldest dated 1439. Keywords: historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, UNESCO, burial ground
PMR-D3333 Germany, Saxony (die Oberlausitz), Zittau: ancient gravestones being used to form a wall around the churchyard of the Weberkirche. Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, architecture, stone carving, burial, cemetery, memorials, in memoriam
PMR-D3332 Germany, Saxony (die Oberlausitz), Zittau: ancient gravestones being used to form a wall around the churchyard of the Weberkirche. Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, architecture, stone carving, burial, cemetery, memorials, in memoriam
PMR196-04 Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Worms: the old Jewish Cemetery, dating back to the eleventh century. Keywords: Rheinland Pfalz, burial ground, gravestones, mediaeval
PMR-D2353 Iran: gravestones of ancient heroes approximately 250 years old in a cemetary near Pol-e-Dokhtar. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, archeology
PMR-D2352 Iran: gravestones of ancient heroes approximately 250 years old in a cemetary near Pol-e-Dokhtar. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, archeology
PMR477-09 Germany, Bavaria, Straubing: old gravestones in the graveyard of St. Peter's Basilica are protected under the "ancient monuments" act. Keywords: picturesque, stone-carving, national heritage, mediaeval, historical
PMR468-09 Romania. Transylvania, Sibiu: spire of the Gothic Evangelical Church, built in 14th and 15th centuries. It contains many artistically significant gravestones. Keywords: mediaeval, Saxon Land, Hermannstadt, architecture, national heritage, picturesque, Siebenbürgen
PMR462-10 Romania, Southern Bucovina, Arbore: decorated gravestones in the monastery graveyard. Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, Christian, Orthodox, architecture, mediaeval, painted monastery, colourful
PMR506-09 Turkey, Istanbul: ornate Turkish grave architecture. Keywords: cemetary, gravestones, in memoriam, memorials, Islam, Muslim
PMR498-08 Turkey, Istanbul: Muslim gravestones and the mausoleum of Suleyman the Magnificent in the precints of the Suleymaniye Mosque. Keywords: architecture, Constantinople, Muslim, Byzantine, Islam, natural heritage
PMR498-07 England, Gloucestershire, Upper Slaughter: the church tower and snow-covered churchyard and gravestones. Keywords: winter, Cotswolds, picturesque, Cotswold stone, architecture, snow, historic, national heritage
PMR523-06 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Durnbach: the British military memorial cemetery near Durnbach, looking towards the Alps. The majority of the gravestones are of RAF aircrew. Keywords: countryside, burial, war dead, RIP, gravestones, graves
PMR523-05 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Durnbach: the British military memorial cemetery near Durnbach, showing the big cross and the memorial pavilion. Keywords: countryside, burial, war dead, RIP, gravestones, graves
PMR523-04 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Durnbach: the British military memorial cemetery near Durnbach, looking towards the Alps. Keywords: countryside, burial, war dead, RIP, gravestones, graves
PMR094K-22 Libya, Tripolitania: ruins of the ancient city of Sabratha, founded about 500 BC as a Phoenician trading post, later being Romanised after Carthage fell to the Romans in the Third Punic War in 146 BC. It reached its peak under the Emperor Septimius Severus in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, but was severely damaged in an earthquake in 365 AD. After the Arab conquest it lost all importance to Leptis Magna. Here: an early Christian gravestone for "Marcella". Keywords: Roman architecture, archeological excavations, archeology, Maghreb, Punic architecture
PMR023K-29 Malaysia, Malacca/Melaka: Preserved gravestones inside the fortress "A Famosa" built by the Portuguese in 1511, ruined at the time of the Dutch invasion in 1641. Keywords: oldest town in Malaysia
PMR040K-24 Romania. Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph of a viticulturist (?), with open fields in the background. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-23 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph of Ileana Esta (?), cook and mother of six children. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-22 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph of Stetca Anuta, weaver, and mother of six children. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-21 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph of Pop Anuta, housewife, and mother of two children. Keywords: gravestones, epitaphs, grave crosses, wood carving
PMR040K-20 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the grave with portrait of the originator of the tradition: Stan Ion Patras. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-19 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph of Pop Gheorghe, a school teacher. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-18 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here the epitaph of Turda Gheorghe, who was an office worker. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-17 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, two of the newest graves, on the edge of the expanding cemetery. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-16 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph of Rednic Grigore, a forester. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR040K-15 Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets in the famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph for Stan Vasiieu. Keywords: gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs
PMR585-10 Guatemala, Chichicastenango: Colourful display of gravestones with many showing Maya influence and tradition.

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