The Western Necropolis

[mothwing]

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I have to clutter your "Friends" pages with pictures again, this time of the Western Necropolis. We have been there a few weeks ago and had a lovely time - well, until it started to rain and we had to hike back because there are virtually no busses on Sundays up there. 

I love Victorian graveyards, even though the death cult of those times can be pretty disconcerting. The sheer size of those headstones! 
Sadly, the Western Necropolis is not in a very good condition. Lots of the stones have fallen over, lots of the statues are badly damaged. And still - a beautiful place. Not quite like the Necropolis next to the Cathedral in town, but still beautiful - in some areas it just looks like the kind of graveyard Buffy would happily go hunting in. Very pretty place.

Tombs for the living. 


This building reminded me SO much of P'terry's infamous Joshua Che N'Clement block I just HAD to take a picture of it. ("No-one liked the Joshua N'Clement block. There were two schools of thought about what should be done with it. The people who lived there thought everyone should be taken out and then the block should be blown up, and the people who lived near the block just wanted it blown up." or "If you had to be somewhere frightening when it got dark, Johnny thought, the Joshua N'Clement block rated a lot higher on the Aaargh scale than any cemetary. At least the dead don't mug you."  Johnny and the Dead, Terry Pratchett)

Comments

[fourthage.livejournal.com]

I love old graveyards. If you are ever in my area, I'll take you to all the best ones. How's that for incentive? ;)

[moonystone.livejournal.com]

I love old-fashioned graveyards, there so beautiful. Clichée, I know
Nice pictures, the ones of the "houses" are especially disoncerting. Love the bridge.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that sounds brilliant! I'd love to see those. As soon as I have amassed enough money, dear, I'll be directly over. :)

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Nah, I love them, too. Old graveyeards are wonderful places, in spite of the Goth kiiiiitch! Ahem.

The houses are terrible, aren't they?
(Although those are nothing compared to the kids - although they in turn are not as bad as we had expected. Crocky and I were looking for the graveyard and ran into a clique of terribly gussied-up girls who were 14 and looked 19 - and unconsciously preparing ourselves to be laughed at, when suddenly the gang leader traipsed up to us on her high heels and asked us if she could help us find the way (we had a map in our hands). Never judge a book...)

[moonystone.livejournal.com]

Nothing better than positive surprises!