This year`s Heritage Day will take place on 27th of April 2014 with the slogan “Withouth any borders”.
WDEC 2014 - guided tours in Brussels and Flemish region
Like the years before, two non-profit organizations, Epitaaf vzw and Grafzerkje vzw, joined efforts again in order to organize guided tours during the WDEC 2014.
Certosa of Bologna. Summer calendar 2014 (25th May - 30th September)
The summer calendar of events in Certosa of Bologna is back.
AGM 2014 - hotel reservations
This year's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place from 2nd to 4th of October 2014 in the hotel “Silken Diagonal Barcelona” in Barcelona.
Revolutionary 1916 Tours at Glasnevin Cemetery
Commemorate the Easter Rising at Glasnevin Cemetery with a Revolutionary Tour.
Flaybrick Memorial Gardens (Birkenhead, United Kingdom)
Rapid growth in Birkenhead's population made it necessary for the provision of a municipal cemetery.
About the cemetery
The cemetery was originally planned in the 1840s and Joseph Paxton was approached to make a design but due to the recession and subsequent decrease in population the plan went no further.
By the 1860s, the construction of a municipal cemetery was made a priority. A competition was held for the design which Edward Kemp, Curator of Birkenhead Park won. The site chosen was Flaybrick Hill, a prominent location outside of Birkenhead overlooked by Bidston Hill. 16,5 acres were purchased but were later extended to 26 acres in the 1890s. Kemp was assisted by Edward Mills, a prominent Birkenhead surveyor from Hamilton Square, and Messrs Lucy and Littler, architects of Liverpool. The general contractor was William Rimmer of Bidston Hall, with John Miller of St. Helens the contractor for buildings.
The cemetery was officially opened on May 30th, 1864, and named Birkenhead Cemetery. Three Chaples were built on the site. One is the Roman Catholic Chapel which was demolished in 1971 and a Memorial Wall erected on its site. The two other Chapels are for the Non-conformists and the Church of England. They were last used in 1975. The Registrar's office and Sexton's Lodge are now in private hands.
*Photo source: www.wikimedia.org
Address
Flaybrick Hill CemeteryTollemache Rd
CH41 0DG
United Kingdom
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Book: The Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome. Its history, its people and its survival for 300 years
The Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome has released a richly illustrated new book that explores its 300-year history and the many lives connected to it.
About the book
The Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome recently published a new book intitled "The Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome. Its history, its people and its survival for 300 years".
This new book explains:
- how the cemetery has grown from its origins in the 18th century to today’s layout, drawing on extensive new research
- who has been buried there, with notes on over 300 of them, ranging from diplomats to dancers and from sculptors to sailors, and an index of their grave locations
- how it has survived various threats, such as a new road and tramline due to be built across the oldest graves
- how its active use today is reconciled with increasing numbers of visitors.
The volume contains more than 80 illustrations (many of them little known and several of them not previously published) and five maps which have been specially drawn for this book.
This book is on sales at the Visitors` Centre at the Cemetery (Via Caio Cestio 6, 00153 Roma) or online at www.cemeteryrome.it.
St. Nicholas and St. Mary Cemetery (Berlin, Germany)
St. Nicholas and St. Mary Cemetery is devided in the old and new part,
named St. Nicholas and St. Mary Cemetery I and St. Nicholas and St. Mary Cemetery II.
About the cemetery
The St. Nicholas and St. Mary Cemetery I is located in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district of Pankow. It is right on the Prenzlauer Allee and is the final resting place for the parishioners of Mary and St. Nicholas' Church.
The opening of this cemetery dates back to the year 1802. At that time, however, the cemetery covered only a very small area, so that an extension was necessary already in 1814 and then again in 1847. This area is referred to as the Old Cemetery of St. Nicholas and St. Mary's church.
Another acquisition in 1858, covered the area of Prenzlauer Allee No. 7, which today is the St. Nicholas and St. Mary Cemetery II or the New Cemetery of St. Nicholas and St. Mary's church.
Together, the two cemeteries comprise an area of approximately 65,000 square meters.
Cemetery address
Prenzlauer Allee 1 / Prenzlauer Allee 710405 Berlin
Germany
Cemeteries at Hallesches Tor (Berlin, Germany)
This cemetery complex consists of six cemeteries that were established at the beginning of the 18th century, at that time still outside the city gates.
About the cemetery
The Cemeteries at Hallesches Tor can be traced back to 1735. In terms of its cultural history, it has become the most significant burial site in West Berlin.
Among the most beautiful works of art are the heads of two women by the “Art Nouveau” sculptor Ignatz Taschner. They decorate the gravestones of the landscape painter Karl Wilhelm Bennewitz von Loefen and his wife.
The area includes a total of twenty-two famous graves, among them the poets E.T.A. Hoffmann and Adelbert von Chamisso, the architects David Gilly and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, the composer Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, his sister Fanny Hensel, his parents and other family members and many others.
Cemetery address
Mehringdamm 2110961 Berlin
Germany
Friedhof der Märzgefallenen (Berlin, Germany)
The Friedhof der Märzgefallenen is a cemetery in the public park in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain.
About the cemetery
It was designed by the Berlin architect Ludwig Hoffmann in 1925 and it is the burial place and a memorial to the heroes and victims of the 1848 March Revolution and the November Revolution of 1918 in Berlin.
The Friedhof der Märzgefallenen was restored in 1948 when it acquired the name Märzgefallenen, and again in 1957. Today in the cemetery you can find 18 grave plates, three iron grave crosses, a stele and two grave monuments made of cast iron.
The Friedhof der Märzgefallenen was restored in 1948 when it acquired the name Märzgefallenen, and again in 1957. Today in the cemetery you can find 18 grave plates, three iron grave crosses, a stele and two grave monuments made of cast iron.
Address
Friedhof der MärzgefallenenErnst-Zinna-Weg 1
10249 Berlin
Germany
Contacts
Memorial Site Friedhof der MärzgefallenenPaul Singer e.V. (Office)
Strausberger Str. 39
10243 Berlin
Germany
Email: kontakt@paulsinger.de
Website: www.friedhof-der-maerzgefallenen.de
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Berlin, Germany)
The Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof has been a cemetery since 1762.
About the cemetery
It was established for the new Berlin parishes developing during the reign
of Kaiser Friedrich the Great. In 1780 it was founded as
Dorotheenstädtisch-Französischer Friedhof (French Cemetery) by the
protestant French Huguenot community in Berlin.
The Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof is certainly worth to visit because of the
many illustrious personalities of German culture that lie buried
here. On the tombstones are names such as Schinkel, Schadow, Fichte, Hegel,
Dessau, Brecht and Weigel.
Furthermore, on the northern edge of the cemetery is located the house of
German poet, playwrighter and theatre director Berthold Brecht (1898-1956)
and his wife, actress Helene Weigel (1900-1972). They lived there from 1953
until their deaths. The
house contains manuscripts, typescripts and collections of Brecht’s
printed works.
Address
Chausseestraße 12610115 Berlin
Contacts
Ev. Friedhofsverband Berlin Stadtmitte (Geschäftsstelle)Südstern 8-10
10961 Berlin
Phone: (030) 612027-14
Email: info@evfbs.en
Website: www.evfbs.de
Volunteers at the service of the Certosa’s cultural heritage
It
is stated that ordinary maintenance is the only means we have to
assure the conservation of our artistic heritage. This has been known
for a long time, and still has its supporters today, but it is often
difficult to put into practice although it should be effected
constantly in order to be effective and attain the objective of
keeping to a minimum more drastic interventions of restoration.Picking up on the agreement recently signed with the Istituzione Bologna Musei | Museo civico del Risorgimento, the Associazione Amici della Certosa is launching a project called "Il volontariato al servizio del patrimonio culturale della Certosa" (“Volunteers at the service of the Certosa’s cultural heritage”): three meetings for study and two practical experiences that will see four volunteers involved in simple cleaning operations of the Certosa’s monuments.
Two
restorers, Lucia Vanghi and Valentina Begliossi, will train willing
members of the Associazione Amici della Certosa for 2014. The
participants trained in this way will undertake some simple cleaning
and dusting of works selected by the Museo civico del Risorgimento,
in accordance with the Soprintendenza
per i beni architettonici, paesaggistici delle province di Bologna
Modena e Reggio Emilia - Commissione Artistica and Bologna Servizi
Cimiteriali.
The
preparatory meetings at the Museo del Risorgimento are also open to
non-members to give all the opportunity of acquiring information and
a grounding in the conservation of cultural assets. The meetings will
take place on Thursday 6th,
13th
and 23rd
February (Museo civico del Risorgimento - Piazza Carducci 5, Bologna) and Saturday 1st
and Sunday 16th
March (Certosa di Bologna - via della Certosa 18, Bologna).
Museo civico del Risorgimento di Bologna
Associazione Amici della Certosa di Bologna
Book: Churchyard and Cemetery: Tradition and Modernity in Rural North Yorkshire
By Julie Rugg, Manchester University Press, 2013
About the book
This book explores for the first time the turbulent social history of churchyards and cemeteries over the last 150 years. Using sites from across rural North Yorkshire, the text examines the workings of the Burial Acts, and discloses the ways in which religious politics framed burial management. It presents an alternative history of burial which questions notions of tradition and modernity, and challenges long-standing assumptions about changing attitudes towards mortality in England.
This study diverges from the long-standing tendency to regard the churchyard as inherently 'traditional' and the cemetery as essentially 'modern'. Since 1850, both types of site have been subject to the influence of new expectations that burial space would guarantee family burial and the opportunity for formal commemoration. Although the population in central North Yorkshire declined, demand for burial space rose, meaning that many dozens of churchyards were extended, and forty new cemeteries were laid out.
*Source: Google Books
Santa Mariña Cemetery (Cambados, Spain)
In 2014, the Ruins of Santa Mariña de Dozo were chosen as the third most important funerary monument in Spain.
About Cambados
The Ruins of Santa Mariña de Dozo are located in Cambados which is known for being a true outdoor museum carved in granite. It is one of the best preserved historic areas in Galicia due to the countless stately mansions, noble streets, monuments and sculptures.
Cambados was born from the merger of three historical villages, which maintained their authenticity:
- Fefiñáns, with a noble character;
- Cambados, with its beautiful squares, streets and Saint Mariña Ruins;
- and the sailor character of Saint Tomé.
The Ruins of Santa Mariña de Dozo
The Ruins of Santa Mariña de Dozo are located in the foothills of Mount a Pastora. In the environs of an old Castro, lie the remains of the old parish church of Saint Mariña, Cambados patroness. On a XII century Romanesque chapel, feudal lord Lope Sánchez de Ulloa built the church of Saint Mariña Dozo, restored and enlarged by his daughter María de Ulloa in the late XV century.
Sailor Gothic style and Renaissance features are also presented. The church comprises a single nave divided by four transverse Romanesque arches, five side chapels, sacristy and chapel. Inside, it should be noted, the decoration with balls on the arches and chapels. In one of these arces is represented one of the seven deadly sins, "laziness". In the chapels highlights embossed iconographies with Biblical scenes, such as visitation, Christ and the apostles, the expulsion from paradise or the deadly sins.
The church of Saint Mariña Dozo was abandoned for political and religious reasons in the XIX century, moving the parish church to the church of the former convent of Saint Francisco. Finally, it was used as a parish cemetery. Its remains were declared a National Monument in 1943 and nowadays home to "the world's most melancholic cemetery" in the words of Galician writer Alvaro Cunqueiro, big fan of the town.
Address
36630 Cambados,Pontevedra,
Spain
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