Who goes to visit mausoleums? Actually a lot of people. The Taj Mahal is one of India's prime attractions.
Some of the best known and popular graves and cemeteries and memorials for tourists to visit include
Taj Mahal, India. Photo from Wikipedia.
places I have visited - these include:
Hampstead and Highgate cemeteries in London;
The Menin gate in Belgium;
Normandy battlefields and cemeteries and memorials (each time we drive through);
Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
Even without intending to, you pass the hilltop cemetery in Hong Kong.
On my wishlist:
El Alamein in Egypt where my mother's first husband is commemorated. (I am the daughter of her second husband. Yes, I checked the dates to be sure.)
My Favourite Fun Gravestone:
Spike Milligan's humorous reproachful, "I told you I was ill".
Here's a handy list of popular places:
UK
London, England:
Highgate Cemetery (Karl Marx and tours)
Kendal Green Cemetery
Hampstead Cemetery
Scotland
Glasgow hilltop cemetery
St Ives peaceful hilltop cemetery
Austria
Graves of Musicians in Vienna.
Belgium
Menin Gate.
Lists the missing with no known grave. Last post played at sunset.
France
Paris:
Pere Lachaise
Montmartre:
Heinrich Heine
Normandy:
Take tours of battlefields and memorials
India
Taj Mahal
USA
Washington DC
Arlington.
Al Jolson.
Elvis, Graceland.
Cowboy graves in the Wild West.
Germany
Belsen:
Anne Frank.
Mendelssohn
Hong Kong
Seen from the airport train, hilltop Chinese cemetery.
Poland
Auschwitz
Huge statue of Chopin in Warsaw park.
Photo by Arne List in Wikipedia.
Turkey
Gallipoli
Egypt
El Alamein memorial and cemetery
Useful Websites
Find a grave
https://www.findagrave.com/
El Alamein
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1966588
visitbritain.com
Tips
www.ancestry.com
Some of the best known and popular graves and cemeteries and memorials for tourists to visit include
Taj Mahal, India. Photo from Wikipedia.
places I have visited - these include:
Hampstead and Highgate cemeteries in London;
The Menin gate in Belgium;
Normandy battlefields and cemeteries and memorials (each time we drive through);
Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
Even without intending to, you pass the hilltop cemetery in Hong Kong.
On my wishlist:
El Alamein in Egypt where my mother's first husband is commemorated. (I am the daughter of her second husband. Yes, I checked the dates to be sure.)
My Favourite Fun Gravestone:
Spike Milligan's humorous reproachful, "I told you I was ill".
Here's a handy list of popular places:
UK
London, England:
Highgate Cemetery (Karl Marx and tours)
Kendal Green Cemetery
Hampstead Cemetery
Scotland
Glasgow hilltop cemetery
St Ives peaceful hilltop cemetery
Austria
Graves of Musicians in Vienna.
Belgium
Menin Gate.
Lists the missing with no known grave. Last post played at sunset.
France
Paris:
Pere Lachaise
Montmartre:
Heinrich Heine
Normandy:
Take tours of battlefields and memorials
India
Taj Mahal
USA
Washington DC
Arlington.
Al Jolson.
Elvis, Graceland.
Cowboy graves in the Wild West.
Germany
Belsen:
Anne Frank.
Mendelssohn
Hong Kong
Seen from the airport train, hilltop Chinese cemetery.
Poland
Auschwitz
Huge statue of Chopin in Warsaw park.
Photo by Arne List in Wikipedia.
Turkey
Gallipoli
Egypt
El Alamein memorial and cemetery
Useful Websites
Find a grave
https://www.findagrave.com/
El Alamein
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1966588
visitbritain.com
Tips
www.ancestry.com
Singer Freddie Mercury of Queen, a Zoroastrian:
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/02/freddy-mercury-brookwood-cemetery-and.html
German-Jewish Poet Heinrich Heine
German-Jewish Poet Heinrich Heine
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/02/where-to-see-statues-and-memorials-to.html
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