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| x Choa Chu Kang Columbarium |
The Choa Chu Kang Columbarium is located within the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery Complex, in Singapore. It houses some 147,000 niches spread over 18 four-storey blocks. It was designed to be a place of peace for the departed and solace for those who visit...
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| x West Norwood Cemetery |
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Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi |
West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre (160,000 m) cemetery in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England.
By 2000 there had been 164,000 burials in 42,000 plots, plus 34,000 cremations and several thousand interments in its...
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| Panayis Athanase Vagliano | |||
| Mary Brough | |||
| Katti Lanner | |||
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| x Peter and Paul Cathedral |
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Catherine II of Russia |
The Peter and Paul Cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. The fortress, originally built under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini, is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg, built...
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| Alexander II of Russia | |||
| Peter III of Russia | |||
| Nicholas I of Russia | |||
| Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia | |||
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| x Arlington National Cemetery |
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Albert Scott Crossfield |
Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington County, Virginia is a military cemetery in the United States, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna ...
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| Gus Grissom | |||
| William Halsey, Jr. | |||
| Cordwainer Smith | |||
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| x El-Lisht |
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Senusret I |
Lisht or el-Lisht is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo. It is the site of Middle Kingdom royal and elite burials, including two pyramids built by Amenemhat I and Senusret I. The two main pyramids were surrounded by smaller pyramids of...
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| Amenemhat I | |||
| x Père Lachaise Cemetery |
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Pierre Jules César Janssen |
Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise; officially, cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris, France at (48 ha, 118.6 acres), though there are larger cemeteries in the city's suburbs.
Père...
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| Gaspard Monge | |||
| François Arago | |||
| Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville | |||
| Jim Morrison | |||
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| x Westminster Abbey |
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Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany |
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the...
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| Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain | |||
| George II of Great Britain | |||
| Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain | |||
| Frederick, Prince of Wales | |||
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| x Brompton Cemetery |
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Roderick Murchison |
Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in West Brompton, a part of the Borough of Kensington & Chelsea in South West London, England (postal district SW5). It is managed by The Royal Parks and is one of the Magnificent Seven. Established by...
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| Charles Fremantle | |||
| George Godwin | |||
| Tim Rose | |||
| Gus Mears | |||
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| x Repton |
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Ethelbald of Mercia |
Repton is a large village in Derbyshire, England between Derby and Burton upon Trent, situated at the edge of the River Trent floodplain.
It was the traditional royal burial place of the kings of Mercia, one of the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms....
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| Wiglaf of Mercia | |||
| x Glasnevin Cemetery |
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Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz |
Glasnevin Cemetery (Irish: Reilig Ghlas Naíon), officially known as Prospect Cemetery, is the largest nondenominational cemetery in Ireland. It first opened in 1832 and is located in Glasnevin, Dublin.
Prior to the establishment of Glasnevin...
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| Maud Gonne | |||
| Arthur Griffith | |||
| Charles Stewart Parnell | |||
| Daniel O'Connell | |||
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| x Bellu |
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Dan Spătaru |
Bellu is the most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania.
It is located on a plot of land donated to the local administration by Baron Barbu Bellu. It has been in use since 1858.
Famous people inerred at Bellu cemetery include:
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| Constantin Titel Petrescu | |||
| Grigore Vasiliu Birlic | |||
| Nicolae Labiş | |||
| Ion Minulescu | |||
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| x Kensal Green Cemetery |
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Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom |
Kensal Green Cemetery is a burial ground located in Kensal Green, London, England. It was immortalised in the lines of G. K. Chesterton "For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen; Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green"....
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| Kitty Melrose | |||
| Catherine Hayes | |||
| Fanny Fitzwilliam | |||
| Thomas Allom | |||
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| x Saint Denis Basilica |
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Louis XV of France |
The Cathedral Basilica of St Denis (French: Cathédrale royale de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis, previously the Abbaye de Saint-Denis) is a large abbey church in the commune of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. The abbey...
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| Louis XIII of France | |||
| Henry IV of France | |||
| Louis VIII of France | |||
| Louis IX of France | |||
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| x Uppsala Cathedral |
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Gustav I of Sweden |
Uppsala Cathedral (Swedish: Uppsala domkyrka) is a cathedral located centrally in the city of Uppsala, Sweden. It dates back to the late 13th century and at a height of 118.7 m is the largest church building in Scandinavia. Originally built under...
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| John III of Sweden | |||
| Catherine Jagiellon | |||
| x Karrakatta Cemetery | James Mitchell |
Karrakatta Cemetery is a metropolitan cemetery in the suburb of Karrakatta in Perth, Western Australia. Karrakatta Cemetery first opened for burials in 1899, with Robert Creighton. Currently managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, the cemetery...
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| Henry Brockman | |||
| Charles Harper | |||
| John Forrest | |||
| Alexander Forrest | |||
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| x Salem |
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George Peabody |
Salem, Massachusetts is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County. Home to Salem State College, the Salem Willows Park and the Peabody...
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| x Abney Park Cemetery |
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Thomas Wilson |
Abney Park in Stoke Newington, north-east London, UK is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr. Isaac Watts, and the neighbouring Hartopp family. In 1840 it became a non-denominational garden...
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| James Braidwood | |||
| John Morison | |||
| William Booth | |||
| John Pye Smith | |||
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| x Tatoi |
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Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark |
Tatoi, located 15 km north of Athens, was the summer palace and estate of the former Greek Royal Family, and the site of George II of the Hellenes's birth. The area is a densely wooded southeast-facing slope of Mount Parnitha, and its ancient and...
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| Paul of Greece | |||
| George II of Greece | |||
| Constantine I of Greece | |||
| Alexander I of Greece | |||
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| x Owens Cross Roads | Paul L. Bolden |
Owens Cross Roads is a town in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,124.
Owens Cross Roads is located at 34°35′10″N 86°27...
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| x Winchester |
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Alfred the Great |
Winchester is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. It lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen. At the...
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| Egbert of Wessex | |||
| William II of England | |||
| Harthacanute | |||
| Ealhswith | |||
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| x Cumberland |
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Robert Bruce, jure uxoris Earl of Carrick |
Cumberland (pronounced /ˈkʌmbərlənd/) was a historic county of north west England, on the border with Scotland, from the twelfth century to 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 (excluding Carlisle from 1914) and now forms part...
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| x Norwalk |
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John D. Magrath |
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 84,437, making it the sixth largest city in Connecticut, and the third largest in Fairfield County. The city...
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| Daniel J. Shea | |||
| x Winchester Cathedral |
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William II of England |
Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun...
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| Harthacanute | |||
| Edwy of England | |||
| Ælfweard of Wessex | |||
| Richard, Duke of Bernay | |||
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| x Mendes |
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Nefaarud I |
Mendes (Μένδης), the Greek name of the Ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, also known in Ancient Egypt as Per-Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet") and Anpet, is known today as Tell El-Ruba (Arabic: تل الربع).
The city is located in the...
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| x Roskilde Cathedral |
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Louise of Great Britain |
Roskilde Cathedral (Danish: Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the Island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark, was the first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and its construction encouraged the spread of this Brick Gothic style...
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| Sweyn I of Denmark | |||
| Frederick II of Denmark | |||
| Margaret I of Denmark | |||
| Christian X of Denmark | |||
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| x Svetitskhoveli Cathedral |
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George XII of Georgia |
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (Georgian: სვეტიცხოვლის საკათედრო ტაძარი, svet'icxovlis sak'atedro t'adzari; literally, "the Living Pillar Cathedral") is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in the historical town of Mtskheta, Georgia, 20 km (12.5 miles)...
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| x Riddarholmskyrkan |
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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden |
The Riddarholmen Church (Swedish: Riddarholmskyrkan) is the burial church of the Swedish monarchs. It is located on the island of Riddarholmen, close to the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. The congregation was dissolved in 1807 and today the...
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| Charles XIV John of Sweden | |||
| Charles XV of Sweden | |||
| Gustav III of Sweden | |||
| Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden | |||
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| x Mausoleum of Augustus |
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Augustus |
The Mausoleum of Augustus is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome. The Mausoleum, now located on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, is no longer open to tourists, and the ravages of time and...
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| Claudius | |||
| Nerva | |||
| x Brookwood Cemetery |
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Hamid Mirza |
Brookwood Cemetery is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in western Europe.
Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, was established by the London...
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| Dorabji Tata | |||
| Dugald Drummond | |||
| Naji al-Ali | |||
| Muhammad al-Badr | |||
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| x Fulda |
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Conrad I of Germany |
Fulda (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊlda]) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis).
The Benedictine monastery of Fulda was founded in 744 by Saint Sturm, a disciple of...
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| x Old San Juan |
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Ángel Rivero Méndez |
Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is the oldest settlement within the territory of the United States and it is the historic colonial section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is one of the two barrios, in addition to Santurce, that made up the...
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| x Narbonne |
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Philip III of France |
Narbonne (Narbona in Catalan and in Occitan, the Roman Narbo) is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon région. It lies 849 km (528 mi) from Paris in the Aude département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Once a prosperous port,...
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| x Cave of the Patriarchs |
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Sarah |
The Cave of the Patriarchs or the Cave of Machpelah (Hebrew: מערת המכפלה, Me'arat HaMachpela, Trans. "Cave of the Double Tombs"; Arabic: المغارة Al Magharah, "the Cave") is a series of subterranean caves located in a complex called by Muslims the...
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| Abraham | |||
| Isaac | |||
| Jacob | |||
| Rebekah | |||
| x Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon |
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William Shakespeare |
The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
It is often known simply as Shakespeare's Church, due to its fame...
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| Anne Hathaway | |||
| Susanna Hall | |||
| John Hall | |||
| x St Andrews |
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Constantine II of Scotland |
St Andrews (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Rìmhinn) is a town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. St Andrews has a population of 16,596 making this the fifth largest settlement in...
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| Óengus I of the Picts | |||
| x Stuttgart |
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Oskar Schlemmer |
Stuttgart (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtʊtɡaɐ̯t]) is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 (December 2008) while the metropolitan area has a...
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| Antonia Visconti | |||
| x Princeton Cemetery | Grover Cleveland |
Princeton Cemetery is located in Borough of Princeton, New Jersey. It is owned by the Nassau Presbyterian Church. John F. Hageman in his 1878 history of Princeton, New Jersey refers to the cemetery as: "The Westminster Abbey of the United States."
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| Richard Stockton Field | |||
| George Ball | |||
| Charles B. Alexander | |||
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| x Darmstadt |
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Alice of the United Kingdom |
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.
The city of Darmstadt was founded by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen in 1330, though settlement in the area is known to have...
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| x Missouri |
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Darrell S. Cole |
Missouri (pronounced /mɨˈzʊəri/ ( listen) or /mɨˈzʊərə/) is a state in the Midwest region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri is the 18th most populous state with a...
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| Jack A. Davenport | |||
| Daniel Boone | |||
| George Phillips | |||
| Ova A. Kelley | |||
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| x Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
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Kliment Voroshilov |
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow emerged in November 1917, when 240 pro-Bolshevik victims of the October Revolution were buried in mass graves on the Red Square. It is centered on both sides of Lenin's Mausoleum, initially built in wood in 1924...
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| Matvei Zakharov | |||
| Vasily Sokolovsky | |||
| Fyodor Tolbukhin | |||
| Rodion Malinovsky | |||
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| x Katarina kyrka |
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Sten Sture the Elder |
Katarina kyrka (Church of Catherine) is one of the major churches in central Stockholm, Sweden. The original building was constructed 1656–1695. It has been rebuilt twice after being destroyed by fires, the second time during the 1990s. The Katarina...
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| x Prospect Hill Cemetery | Reuben Gaylord |
Prospect Hill Cemetery, located at 3202 Parker Street between 31st and 33rd Streets and Parker and Grant Streets in North Omaha, Nebraska, USA, is Omaha's oldest pioneer cemetery. The site of the Cemetery was made available after the trial of Baker...
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| Dan Allen | |||
| Anna Wilson | |||
| Frederick Metz | |||
| Augustus Hall | |||
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| x Sorø |
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Olav IV of Norway |
Sorø is a town in Sorø municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark. The population is 7,708 (1st January 2009). Both the municipal council and the regional council are located in Sorø.
Sorø was founded in 1161...
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| x Highgate Cemetery |
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Shura Cherkassky |
Highgate Cemetery is a cemetery located in Highgate, London, England. It is designated Grade II* on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
The cemetery in its original form — the northwestern...
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| Alexander Litvinenko | |||
| Frances Polidori | |||
| Thomas Sayers | |||
| George Wombwell | |||
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| x Kew |
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Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge |
Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London.
Kew is best known for being the home of the Royal Botanic Gardens (now a World Heritage Site). Other points of interest include Kew Palace and The National Archives ...
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| Thomas Gainsborough | |||
| Richard Levett | |||
| x Leicestershire |
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Richard III of England |
Leicestershire – pronounced /ˈlɛstərʃər/ or /ˈlɛstərʃɪər/ ( listen), abbreviation Leics. – is a landlocked county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although...
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| x Abel's Hill Cemetery | John Belushi | ||
| x Rancho Palos Verdes |
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Edward A. DeVore, Jr. |
Rancho Palos Verdes (RPV) is a city in Los Angeles County, California that was incorporated on September 7, 1973. The population was 41,145 at the 2000 census.
Rancho Palos Verdes is a quiet, affluent suburb of Los Angeles. Sitting atop the bluffs...
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| x The Woodlands Cemetery |
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John Joseph Abercrombie |
The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the western banks of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It includes a magnificent federal style mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was...
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| Sidney George Fisher | |||
| x Avery Island |
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Walter Stauffer McIlhenny |
Avery Island (historically French: Ile Petite Anse) is a salt dome located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, about three miles (5 km) inland from Vermilion Bay, which in turn opens onto the Gulf of Mexico. A small human population resides...
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| x Woodlawn Cemetery |
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Marilyn Miller |
Located in The Bronx, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City. It opened as a rural cemetery in 1863, out in "the country", in what was then southern Westchester County, which was annexed to New York City in 1874. The...
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| Olive Thomas | |||
| Andrew J. Rogers | |||
| Royal H. Weller | |||
| William H.H. Stowell | |||
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| x West Point Cemetery |
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John T. Thompson |
West Point Cemetery is an historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. It overlooks the Hudson River, and served as a burial ground for American Revolutionary War soldiers and early West Point...
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| Charles Pomeroy Stone | |||
| Thomas J. Wood | |||
| George Sykes | |||
| Hamilton S. Hawkins | |||
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| x Mount Vernon |
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George Washington |
Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first President of the United States, George Washington. The mansion is built of wood in neoclassical Georgian architectural style, and the estate is located on the...
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| Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis | |||
| x Spring Grove Cemetery |
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Manning Force |
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum (733 acres) is a notable, nonprofit garden cemetery and arboretum located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The cemetery dates from 1844, when members of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society formed a...
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| Godfrey Weitzel | |||
| Robert Reily | |||
| Alexander McDowell McCook | |||
| Edwin Stanton McCook | |||
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| x Persepolis |
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Artaxerxes III of Persia |
Persepolis ( listen (help·info) Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa, Modern Persian: تخت جمشید/پارسه, Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar, UniPers: Taxte Jamšid) was the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty. Persepolis is situated...
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| Darius III of Persia | |||
| x St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle |
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Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales |
St George's Chapel is the place of worship at Windsor Castle in England, United Kingdom. It is both a royal peculiar and the chapel of the Order of the Garter. The chapel is governed by the Dean and Canons of Windsor.
The chapel is located in the...
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| Edward VII of the United Kingdom | |||
| Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife | |||
| Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom | |||
| Charles I of England | |||
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| x Faversham Abbey | Eustace IV of Boulogne |
Faversham Abbey was a Cluny style monastery immediately to the north-east of the town of Faversham, England.
It was founded by King Stephen and his queen Matilda of Boulogne in 1148. A party of monks from Bermondsey Abbey provided the nucleus and...
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| Matilda of Boulogne | |||
| Stephen of England | |||
| x Frogmore |
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Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein |
The Frogmore Estate or Gardens comprise 33 acres (130,000 m) of private gardens within the grounds of the Home Park, adjoining Windsor Castle, in the English county of Berkshire. The name derives from the preponderance of frogs which have always...
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| Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll | |||
| Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught | |||
| Edward VIII of the United Kingdom | |||
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| x Mirow |
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Augusta of Cambridge |
Mirow (German pronunciation: [ˈmiːʁov]) is a city in the district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in southern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
Mirow lies in the middle of the Mecklenburg Lake District (Mecklenburgische Seenplatte) on the southern...
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| x Vilnius |
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Vytautas the Great |
Vilnius ( [ˈvilnʲus] (help·info), also known by several other names, is the largest city and the capital of Lithuania, with a population of 555,613 (847,954 together with Vilnius County) as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality...
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| Alexander Jagiellon | |||
| Vilna Gaon | |||
