Creepy and beautiful cemeteries around the world

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6-20-2011 @ 7:28PM

Kolene said...

For those of you that like to walk around graves yards I have the perfect one for you…It is in Colma, Ca. Or as the locals call it the City of the Dead or City of Souls. This place is huge, over 1.5 million people are buried there. You really should check out their web site they have videos of the statues and graves. Just type in Colma, California – City of the dead and see where it takes you. This place is beautiful and has a load of history. For instance the reason why so many people are buried there is because after the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco they had to dig up all the graves and more them to Colma…..many of those who were moved were placed under the wrong marker or their bodies were lost and misplaced. Very beautiful and yet interesting place.

6-20-2011 @ 7:59PM

edzel said...

Yes, I was about to write about Colma where there are more dead than living in town. I have relatives buried at Holy Cross and Cypress Lawn. Many of people who are part of the history of the SF Bay Area are buried there, like the Strauss family, sugar family magnates, the Spreckels, Former mayor George Moscone, who along with Supvr. Harvey Milk was assassinated in SF City Hall by ex-Supvr Dan White, and Wyatt Earp who had a second or 3rd headstone replaced on his grave. The only cemetery in SF?
The Presidio Cemetery in the former US Army Base by the Golden Gate. Nice view of the GG Bridge. There is also the Golden Gate National Cemetery down in San Bruno which to me is awesome since I visit mostly military national cemeteries anyway after having visited Arlington in Wash., D.C. Yes, most of the bodies were bought down to Colma as a result of the 1906 quake and fire since a law was passed that there would never be a cemetery within the SF City limits with the exception of the Presidio Cemetery.

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