5 Unique Cemeteries Around The World

If there ever was any location I’ve previously overlooked when traveling, it’d have to be the cemeteries. It’s not exactly the type of place that would make a brochure anyway.

Upon doing my homework on some pretty notable cemeteries, I’ve come across 5 that are really worth looking into. Though Halloween’s still a couple of months off, these would be some nice considerations for those traveling around that time.

Rookwood Necropolis – Is the largest multicultural necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere, which is located in Sydney, Australia. It’s just a bit ways off from the business district, and is accessible via the nearby railway station. The interesting thing about this cemetery is that, it’s so big, it’s actually divided into several different cemeteries. There’s a Catholic, Independent, Muslim and Anglican section, with a completely different set of staff and offices for each. They also hold several tours, with one set as the “ghost” tour, which is the Tales of the 21st Century tour.

Zentralfriedhof

Zentralfriedhof – Located in Vienna, this is the largest and most well-known of the country’s nearly 50 cemeteries. It was opened in 1874, and in over the last 122 years, approximately 2,500,000 people have been buried here. What’s interesting about this cemetery is they have a section called the Ehrengräber, the final resting place for composers, writers, artists and politicians.

Great Pyramid of Giza – The oldest and the largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis, it is also the last remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. What’s interesting about this is, that this was built over a 20 year period, but was meant to be a final resting place for the pharaoh Khufu. It simply means that, while he was alive, the labor of his being pharaoh would be his final tomb, nonetheless. It still flips my head over how the ancient Egyptians’ thought process worked, as they were able to build something so ornate and sophisticated.

Catacombs of Paris – A solution to the overpopulated cemeteries of old Paris, thousands of corpses were transferred into the abandoned tunnels and quarries directly underneath the city. What’s eerie is that they arranged the various bones of the corpses to line the walls, creating what can only be described as “cemeteries in the wall.”

Cemetery of the Heroes – In the Philippines, it is the fitting resting place for the country’s heroes. Buried here are military personnel, from privates to generals, and even heroes and martyrs. Only the President of the Philippines can grant permission for individuals to be buried in the national cemetery. Written on the cemeteries’ front gates are, “I do not know the dignity of his birth, but I know the glory of his death.”

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