Tag Archives: cemetery

Necropolis – the City of the Dead

Posted on 2015-02-15 by Andreas Moser

Cities in Europe are becoming more and more similar. The same shops, the same fashion, the same films in cinemas, the same restaurants, the same music, the same food. To escape this mishmash, I like to visit cemeteries, where time … Continue reading →

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Is this the most beautiful cemetery in the world?

Posted on 2014-07-31 by Andreas Moser

Macedonia is full of cemeteries. Or maybe I just got this impression because every larger town has more than one resting place for its ancestors, always at least a Christian, a Muslim and a Jewish one. The latter hardly have any … Continue reading →

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He was a Football Fan

Posted on 2014-07-21 by Andreas Moser

(Photographed at the cemetery of Prilep in Macedonia.)

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Carnival Cemetery

Posted on 2014-06-07 by Andreas Moser

It was a hot afternoon, the time when everything is closed and nothing moves in Italy. It was dead silent, as I was cycling around the island of La Maddalena, when I saw the road sign to a place called Panoramico. It was … Continue reading →

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Flowers on Graves

Posted on 2014-05-07 by Andreas Moser

“We actually don’t care if our relatives will pay us a visit and put flowers on our graves. Nature is taking care of this already.” (Photographed at the cemetery of Bari in Italy.)

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Symmetric Cemetery

Posted on 2014-01-05 by Andreas Moser

“We need to build a new cemetery in Palermo,” ordered King Ferdinand II. “This bloody cholera is killing people faster than we can dig graves.” Chewing tobacco and speaking in his typical mumble, the king pronounced it “cemet’ry”. The architect, … Continue reading →

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You don’t like your grave? No problem, we can pick you up again.

Posted on 2011-12-13 by Andreas Moser

Seen outside the cemetery in Mellieħa, Malta in December 2011: (C) for the photo: Andreas Moser

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