Unusual tombstones. Unusual cemeteries The strangest monuments on the graves
The cemetery is not the most pleasant place that most of us have visited in our lives. In the literal sense, the deathly silence that envelops this place inspires fear, and the crows sitting on the lopsided crosses, whose croaking breaks the silence with a piercing sound, brings real horror. Although the gravestones that can be seen in the cemetery can be much more eerie than the graveyard itself. Here are 25 of the strangest, most heartbreaking and funniest gravestones from around the world.
The woman at the piano. I wonder if she played during her lifetime?
This woman really loved Mickey Mouse.
Hope this man's death and smoking are not related.
Tomb of the Maze Creator
Now they will sleep forever
The tree mercilessly swallowed up the old grave
This tomb is located in Paris, France, and the inventor of the gas lamp, Charles Pigeon, rests in it.
In this grave rests a 10-year-old girl who died in 1871, who during her life was very afraid of a thunderstorm. After the death of her daughter, her grief-stricken mother ordered to build a basement next to the girl's grave, where she could go down during a thunderstorm and calm her daughter.
This life-size monument in a glass box was commissioned by the mother of the deceased.
This is the grave of a 16-year-old girl whose sister ordered this life-size tombstone
Lovers from Thailand
One of the most heartbreaking monuments that we have ever seen, and which reminds us that we are all in the hands of God
A tombstone in the form of a mobile phone in one of the Israeli cemeteries
Happy forever
A terrifying grave located in Genoa, Italy
In this grave with an eerie tombstone rests the writer Georges Rodenbach, who got out of it.
Mortsafe: This appearance of the grave was common in 18th century Scotland and was done to keep graves from being plundered, which was common among medical students who lacked practical material.
Nature is unforgiving
The frightening tombstone of Fernand Arbelot, who was a musician and actor
Tomb of an 18th century French journalist
Whoever lies here really enjoyed playing Scrabble
These are the interconnected graves of a husband and wife. The wife was Protestant and the husband was Catholic. They died at a time when Catholics and Protestants were buried in different cemeteries.
This is the last remaining grave of an old cemetery in rural Indiana. Much of the cemetery has been moved to make way for the state highway. The grandson of a woman buried there refused to move his grandmother. The county eventually surrendered and built a road around the grave
Often, people who have lost loved ones and loved ones are visited by the idea of perpetuating their memory in some non-trivial way. The unusual shape of the tombstone will make it possible to favorably distinguish the grave from the mass of the same type of cemetery structures. By ordering a monument of a non-standard form, you can emphasize the uniqueness of the deceased person, show how much he did for you during his lifetime, how talented and wonderful he was. Although the death of loved ones always causes excruciating and acute pain, regardless of his achievements in worldly life.
Non-standard monuments
Strange gravestones in the cemetery and simply unusual graves in Russia are gaining more and more popularity, because many people think that a standard gravestone will not be able to express all their pain and bitterness from the loss that happened. The specialists of our company understand this desire and help to arrange the grave in a manner appropriate to the person's lifetime dignity. In these cases, we offer the relatives of the deceased a catalog with photos of amazing tombstones, which presents a wide range of complex, unusual and. We always keep ready-made structures of special architectural forms in stock, and we also have all the possibilities for making tombstones according to individual sketches. In you can order a monument to the cemetery from any materials, as well as their combinations: granite, marble, metal.
The main feature of non-standard tombstones is the material, because, as a rule, rather expensive rocks with an unusual color and pattern are used in the manufacturing process. The most experienced craftsmen are engaged in the processing of such products, who are able to invest in creating a masterpiece not only their knowledge and experience, but also their soul. The most unusual monument in a cemetery can be made of several types of stone and complemented by handmade ornaments. Also, the specialists of our workshop apply
I propose to take a walk through the Novodevichy cemetery, which is located on the territory of the now functioning Resurrection Novodevichy Convent. Many people do not even suspect the existence of the Novodevichy cemetery in St. Petersburg, believing that there is a cemetery and a monastery under this name only in Moscow. Nevertheless, today the St. Petersburg Novodevichye cemetery begins to revive, gravestones are restored here, interesting excursions are conducted (both ordinary tourist and special pilgrimages), and more and more people are learning about this place.
Before the revolution, the Novodevichye cemetery was one of the most expensive and prestigious in St. Petersburg and, although it was badly damaged during the Soviet period, to this day it remains a valuable historical necropolis. A walk through the Novodevichy Cemetery will be interesting both for those who like to study the biographies of prominent people and for connoisseurs of artistic tombstones. There are also shrines here, where people come to pray or just make a wish. You can read about famous people buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in a separate article. In the meantime, we will tell you about the most beautiful and unusual gravestones of the Novodevichy cemetery, as well as get acquainted with its history (and the history of the monastery itself).
The most beautiful and unusual gravestones of the Novodevichy cemetery in St. Petersburg
Among the gravestones at the Novodevichy cemetery there are sarcophagi, obelisks, slabs, steles with crosses, pedestals, hills with large chips, monuments in the form of an oncoming wave, chapels, miniature temples ... There are also monuments with portraits of the deceased, but they are quite few, since busts, bas-reliefs and other similar details suffered during the destruction of the cemetery in the first place.
Although a significant part of the pre-revolutionary burials have not survived to this day, we can still admire the surviving monuments of the 19th - early 20th centuries, which are of undoubted historical and artistic value.
Many tombstones are made from precious materials, including rare marble and granite. On some you can still read the names of the owners of the workshops where they were made.
From the point of view of artistic merit, the family chapels-burial vaults stand out.
Unfortunately, all of them are ruined and can hardly be restored to their former splendor, however, even today they amaze with the quality and variety of design.
Perhaps the most beautiful is the Art Nouveau tomb of Lucia Gilse Fan der Pals, née Johansen.
A massive chapel with a decorative frieze is a stylization of an ancient Egyptian tomb.
The tomb was built in 1904 according to the project of the architect V. Yu. Johansen in the studio of Yu. P. Korsak. Its walls are made of Radom sandstone, the base is made of granite, and the floor is marble.
Inside the tomb there is a marble bas-relief by the Piedmontese sculptor Pietro Canonica (1869-1959) (sometimes his surname is written "Canon" or "Canonico"). During his long life, the master managed to work fruitfully in Russia, Italy, England, Turkey ... Not everyone knows that once on Manezhnaya Square in St. Petersburg there was an equestrian monument to Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich by Pietro Canonica (1914). In 1918, the "ugly idol" was demolished, but in the House-Museum of the Canon, in the Villa Borghese park in Rome, you can still see the models created for the monument. Among the other works of the Canonica, we know the sculpture of a nun "After taking the vow" (currently one of the versions is exhibited in the St. Petersburg Museum of the History of Religion).
Buried in such an exquisite chapel, Lucia (Lucy) was the daughter of the Danish professor of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Julius Johansen, and the wife of the Dutch consul, co-director of the Russian-American rubber goods factory (the future "Red Triangle"), benefactor and patron of the arts Heinrich van Gilse van der Pals. Many are familiar with the luxurious mansion of G.G. Gilse van der Pals on Angliysky Prospekt (the current military registration and enlistment office). The mansion was built by Lucia's brother, architect William Yulievich Johansen (who, as it was said, designed this magnificent tombstone). Old photographs show that the rooms of the mansion were decorated with marble statues by Pietro Canonica, including the aforementioned figure of a nun. Apparently, Gilse van der Pals was a connoisseur of Canonica's work, so it is not surprising that he entrusted him with the sculptural decoration of the grave of his beloved wife.
Another interesting burial from the point of view of artistic merit is the grave of artillery general Dmitry Sergeevich Mordvinov (1820-1894). This is undoubtedly one of the most famous and beautiful tombstones in the St. Petersburg Novodevichy cemetery. Unfortunately, the side plates with the name of the deceased have been lost, but the artistic metal fence has survived.
The most notable detail of the tombstone is the bronze figure of a seated angel over a marble sarcophagus. A living flower is often put into the hand of an angel.
The sculpture of the angel was created in the workshop of the French sculptor and artist Charles Bertault (Karl Avgustovich Berto) (Charles Bertault). The St. Petersburg bronze foundry Berto (formerly F. Chopin) specialized in the production of small bronze sculptures. For participation in the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, where the products of the factory were awarded a gold medal, Berto received the title of "Supplier of the Court of His Imperial Majesty". Despite this, due to financial difficulties, after two years he had to close the case and return to France.
Sculptural monuments with marble or bronze figures of angels standing or sitting at a tombstone were very common at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, but few such examples have survived to this day. Therefore, despite the fact that we have just a “typical” sample, not related to the individuality of the customer, the tombstone is perceived as a great value.
As for the personality of D.S.Mordvinov, buried here, it is known that from a young age he served in the artillery. In 1856, he was appointed head of a separate office of the Ministry of War, and ten years later became director of the office of the Ministry of War, to which he devoted almost half of his long-term service. In 1872, Mordvinov was granted adjutant general to His Imperial Majesty; in 1881 he was appointed a member of the Military Council and awarded with diamond insignia of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky. In 1883, Mordvinov was promoted to general from the artillery, and in 1889 he celebrated the 50th anniversary of service in the officer ranks and received the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st degree.
It is also worth paying attention to the tombstone of the St. Petersburg architect, who, however, is not very well known to the public. This is Ivan Denisovich Chernik (1811-1874), who worked in the military department and built, in particular, the new building of the General Staff and the Kryukov (Marine) barracks.
Burial of ID Chernik is one of the most beautiful surviving monuments at the Novodevichy cemetery. It is a magnificent white marble sarcophagus on a high pedestal. The plaque with the epitaph and the surname of the deceased has not survived, but the bas-relief portraits of I.D.
The monument was made in the workshop of the Italian sculptor Domenico Carli in Genoa (1878).
One of the most unusual burials at the Novodevichy Cemetery is the grave of the mathematician, Professor Vladimir Pavlovich Maksimovich (1850-1889).
Maksimovich was born in St. Petersburg into a noble family and from an early age possessed outstanding mathematical abilities. He studied in St. Petersburg and Paris, worked at Kazan and Kiev universities. In early 1889, the mathematician was diagnosed with a severe mental illness, and in the same year he died at the age of 39.
The gravestone of Vladimir Maksimovich is a stone sphere in an artistic metal fence. On the sphere - images of the signs of the zodiac and a quote from Byron's poem "Euthanasia" in English (" Count o "er the joys thine hours have seen ...»).
This poem is known in the translations of I. Golts-Miller and V. Levik (in the arrangement of the latter, this quatrain sounds like this: “He is close, the day calling for funeral || Consider the blessings of the past, || And you will understand: whoever you were in life, || Not to be, not to live - much better ").
To be continued...
Now in large cities of Europe you can find very unusual monuments and sculptures, often striking with their amusing, funny and even ridiculous appearance.
Well, is it really possible to take seriously such a monument standing in Amsterdam? "Didn't drink the branch you are sitting on":
By the way, a similar monument has been erected in Yakutsk. Here it is:
And in Brussels on the street you can find just such an old woman with a bag, counting her money.
In the same place, in Brussels, there is such a funny monument: a policeman and a prankster thief who caught him:
A queue monument is erected in Washington. See how tourists are organically joining it:
The situation with permeability through walls is very unusual. If in Los Angeles a clerk with a suitcase could only stick his head into the wall ...
Then the French writer Marcel Aimé, in Paris, has already walked through the wall, and now in the process of leaving it ...
But a bronze woman from Santa Fe, New Mexico lay down to rest right on the sidewalk. Tourists join!
They love music in Holland. Here, a violinist made his way through the floor in order to please the ears of passers-by:
In Bratislava, there is even a monument to a plumber leaning out of a manhole:
By the way, there are plumbers not only in Bratislava, but also in Ukraine. Here is such a sad "Santa" from Berdyansk. By the way, there are similar monuments in Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, and Yekaterinburg ...
And in Oslo, a stone man was seen fighting off stone children. Or does he juggle them? What is remarkable - the man is naked ...
In Seoul, street benches are held not by props, but by strong teeth! Admire these comrades!
By the way, the Danes also have a sense of humor. For example, a monument to uh ... how can I put it mildly?
But the Danish Madame from Ringcobing will probably be bigger:
Another rather unusual monument is erected in Melbourne. Something in the picture is wrong, isn't it?
By the way, you can't hide from these cyclists ... Even at the bottom of the sea!
In addition to stone or bronze people, the world is flooded with monuments to things, and this cannot be kept silent!
The newest of them is a monument, let's say, a political one. Monument to the Boot Thrown at Bush the Younger:
And in Paris there is a monument to the finger. And he sticks out from under the ground:
In Australia - wallet:
In Nakavik, Canada - to the ax:
In Springfield (USA) - Fork Monument:
And in Norway, Oslo - a paperclip:
And even books - in Berlin:
And in Russia they responded with a powerful three-meter stool! "Monument to the first stool of the Russian land" is installed in the former estate of the Arshenevsky brothers on Taganka:
And in Germany, stray cats were seen in Braunschweig (it's good that at least these cats don't yell):
And a tap in Cadiz pouring water from the sky:
London is famous for its traffic lights, and on this occasion such a monument has been erected there:
And in Prague - a monument to a woman's shoe:
Now, let's fast forward to Russia. What is there on the Russian land! Let's start with the animals. The Russian people love their smaller brothers!
For example, in St. Petersburg, on Malaya Sadovaya Street, there is a cast-iron cat, which was christened Elisey Kotovich Pitersky. The cat has climbed high - to the second floor of the Eliseevsky grocery store, and therefore it is not so easy to notice it:
Another cat (more precisely, a cat) "hangs" at the window of the creative center "Mitki VKHUTEMAS" (Pravdy St., 16) at the 6th floor. Dressed as a famous cartoon character, she was immediately nicknamed Matroskin's cat:
And in Moscow, in a park near the lake near the Novodevichy Convent, a whole sculptural composition "Give way to ducklings!" Was opened. Little ducklings look around, quack, look for a worm in the grass - in a word, they behave as if they were alive. No wonder they put a guard at the monument - they just strive to steal the ducklings!
By the way, the sculptors did not ignore even such a tiny creature as a bee. In the Kuzminki park, for example, a monument was erected to Kuza the bee, which sits on one of the columns depicting honeycombs:
The Nose is ranked among the most unusual monuments of St. Petersburg. By the way, he, like his prototype, loves to walk. For example, in 2002, he suddenly disappeared from his pedestal. He was found a year later on the staircase of house number 15, not far from Voznesensky Prospect, where his rightful place was:
I am also placing here a selection of monuments, the location of which is unknown to me, but it is simply impossible not to show them to you, dear readers!
The world famous monument to an elephant from Salvador Dali's painting "The Temptation of St. Anthony" is simply amazing!
And these are the real Fat and Thin:
Oh, how the mother unleashed her daughter. If only you would not let go!
Here the boys jump into the water and squeal with anticipation:
And the girls, remaining on the "land", play leapfrog:
And who is this? A beautiful knight on horseback? But what about the horse?
And lastly: a cow in a tree! Take a closer look. What does it remind you of? Maybe a bag of milk?
Grieving relatives are doing everything to perpetuate the memory of the deceased loved ones, turning ordinary gravestones either into something very allegorical, or into sculptures that are real works of art.
Grieving relatives do everything to perpetuate the memory of the deceased loved ones, turning ordinary gravestones either into something very allegorical, or into sculptures that are real works of art:
1. The woman at the piano. She may have been a musician during her lifetime
2. This woman was very fond of Mickey Mouse
3. Did this guy die because he smoked too much?
4. The grave of the creator of the labyrinth
5. "Eternal sleep"
6. The tree swallowed up the old grave
7. Tombstone over the grave of the inventor of the gas lamp Charles Pigeon, Montparnasse cemetery, Paris, France
8. Such a grave was made by the will of a grief-stricken mother for her deceased 10-year-old daughter in 1871.
When the girl was alive, she was terrified of a thunderstorm. There is a special basement next to her grave, which was dug to the level of the coffin. During a thunderstorm, the girl's mother went down to the basement to “calm down” her child.
9. The life-size monument of the girl under a glass cover was made to order at the request of her mother
10. This is the grave of a 16-year-old girl. The headstone was commissioned by her sister.
11. "Love until the grave", Thailand
12. This monument depicts the Savior holding in his hands two ropes from a simple children's swing with a crossbar
A little girl is sitting on the swing below. The sculptural composition reminds that the life of everyone on earth is in the hands of God.
13. A tombstone in the form of a mobile phone was found in one of the Israeli cemeteries
Various inscriptions are engraved on the gravestone, for example: "Please leave a message - I will answer as soon as I can."
14. "Together forever"
15. This terrifying grave is located in a cemetery in Genoa, Italy.
16. Tomb of the Belgian writer Georges Rodenbach.The headstone represents the writer himself, rising from the grave with a rose in his hand.
17. This Victorian tomb is designed to keep the dead from leaving their final resting place.
Many in those days piously believed in the existence of vampires and thus prevented the release of the reincarnated deceased. In fact, medical students needed corpses to study anatomy, and for the sake of gaining knowledge, they did not hesitate to excavate fresh graves. To secure an attempt on the victim's life, relatives ordered forged gratings on the graves of loved ones.
18. Nature is relentless ...
19. Fernand Arbelot was a musician and actor who passed away in 1990
He was buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. During his lifetime, Fernand wished to always look at the face of his wife.
20. Tombstone from the 18th century, under which lies a French journalist
21. Scrabble board gravestone
22. The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together
In the 1800s, it was forbidden to bury Catholics and Protestants in the same cemetery.
23. This tomb is all that remains of an old rural cemetery in India
An intrastate highway was built on the site of the cemetery. The grandson, whose grandmother was buried there, refused to move the grave. In the end, the authorities went to meet him and erected a road to bypass the grave.
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