{"id":1446,"date":"2015-03-19T13:46:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/katieheaney\/18-hauntingly-beautiful-cemeteries-to-visit-after-you-die"},"modified":"2015-03-19T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:46:08","slug":"18-hauntingly-beautiful-cemeteries-to-visit-after-you-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/1446","title":{"rendered":"18 Hauntingly Beautiful Cemeteries To Visit After You Die"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Or before.)<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Flickr: prof_richard<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: prof_richard<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Merry Cemetery<\/a> is a cemetery located in the Romanian village of Sapanta, in which several hundred brightly painted tombstones tell the story (in art and poetry) of the lives they commemorate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: st3f4n<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: butterforfilm<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Okunoin Cemetery<\/a>, the largest grave site in all of Japan, also serves as the mausoleum of the monk Kobo Daishi, who founded it centuries ago. The cemetery is lit by thousands of lanterns and features many uniquely shaped monuments — including coffee cups, spaceships, and one that honors insects killed by a pesticide company.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: scottdavies<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: dylansworld<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Sydney’s beautiful Waverley Cemetery<\/a> is the burial site of many notable Australian poets, including Henry Lawson and Henry Kendall, and authors Dorothea Mackellar and Ethel Pedley. The cemetery opened in 1877.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: aschweigert<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: jfgallery<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Built in 1863, the Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis<\/a> was built overlooking the Atlantic Ocean to represent one’s spiritual journey into the afterlife. The cemetery is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico’s most notable political leaders, artists, actors, and musicians.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: mirsasha<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: johnsonchen<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Founded in 1838, Brooklyn’s Green-Wood<\/a> cemetery attracts over half a million visitors per year, drawn to its famous residents, natural beauty, and history — the site is a Revolutionary War historic site. Among the 560,000+ people buried there are, per its website, “Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, Charles Ebbets, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Horace Greeley, Civil War generals, baseball legends, politicians, artists, entertainers and inventors.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: kurt-b<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: nimdok<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Cuba’s Colon Cemetery<\/a> is considered one of the most important historical cemeteries in the world and features many elaborate aboveground mausoleums. The cemetery incorporates over 1 million interments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: telemax<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: telemax<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The First Cemetery<\/a> in Athens is the city’s first, and official, cemetery, and soon after its founding in 1837, became an upper-tier burial site for Greece’s most famous residents as well as wealthy foreigners.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: wallyg<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Flickr: kevinomara<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t New Orleans’ Saint Louis Cemetery<\/a> is comprised of three distinct Roman Catholic cemeteries, though none is as prominent as No. 1, which features elaborate aboveground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Among its residents is Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau, who is believed to be buried in the Glapion crypt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Flickr: mbschlemmer<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Established by Napoleon in 1804, The Père-Lachaise<\/a> is Paris’s largest cemetery. The site is home to three World War I memorials and many famous residents, including Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Marcel Proust, and Rafael Trujillo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n1.<\/span> Merry Cemetery, Sapanta, Romania<\/h2>\t\t
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\n2.<\/span> Okunoin Cemetery, Mount Koya, Japan<\/h2>\t\t
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\n3.<\/span> Waverley Cemetery, Sydney<\/h2>\t\t
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\n4.<\/span> Cementerio Santa MarÃa Magdalena de Pazzis, San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/h2>\t\t
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\n5.<\/span> Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York<\/h2>\t\t
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\n6.<\/span> Necrópolis Cristóbal Colon, Havana<\/h2>\t\t
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\n7.<\/span> First Cemetery of Athens, Greece<\/h2>\t\t
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\n8.<\/span> Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans<\/h2>\t\t
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\n10.<\/span> Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow<\/h2>\t\t
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