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Glasgow Necropolis ---city of the dead July 2024
Fifty thousand people have been buried here. Not everyone has a grave or headstone. Approximately 3,500 monuments exist here. It s Adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral and was modeled on Père-Lachaise in the French capital of Paris.
To enter you will cross ‘the Bridge of Sighs’ It was completed in 1836.
Fifty thousand people have been buried here. Not everyone has a grave or headstone. Approximately 3,500 monuments exist here. It s Adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral and was modeled on Père-Lachaise in the French capital of Paris.
To enter you will cross ‘the Bridge of Sighs’ It was completed in 1836.
Glasgow Cathedral
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William Wallace monument. Its next to the Jewish Cemetry.
At the time it was one of the few cemeteries to keep records of the dead.
The author of wee Wukkie- Scottish Children song.
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Charles Tennant Monument
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Approximately 3,500 monuments exist here
A monument to John Knox, which was erected in 1825, dominates the hill.
The very first burial in the Glasgow Necropolis was a Jew called Joseph Levi. Above a photo of the Jewish Cemetry's. Only 25 graves.
John Knox monument (the founder of Scotland’s Presbyterian Church) . The highest monument in the grave yard.
Many people don't know Knox is buried beside St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh. Actually it is now a carpark.