Cemetery

I decided to visit the island that is used exclusively for a cemetery during my free afteroon.  I explored around for an hour and it was well worth it.  

View of the church on the cemetery island from the water.

The most surprising thing was that the dead were remembered by a picture on their tomb markers.  The oldest one I found was from someone who died in 1936.

I found a whole section that was for burial of children.  It was moving to see.  

Many entombments were completely above ground, either in cremated niches, or full body niches.  Those that were buried were actually in raised tombs that were about 6 inches or so above the ground.

They were wired to include a little presence light if the family wanted to.

There were some very fancy crypts where whole families fit (approx 20 niches), and some of these were recent, not ancient families.

My favorite ones were the ones with live flowers planted.

Grave of Igor Stravinsky

They had water spigots spread throughout with watering cans available.

I never did find particularly old burial sites, the oldest I ran across were 1850s.

We also saw a cemetery on Lido island that was quite similar, but with really unique tomb decorations.

Stained glass with astroturf.

A unique mosaic instead of a photo.  Very nice.

If you look closely, you will actually see Snow White and the seven dwarves on this grave!

The Jewish cemetery was directly next door and looked to be much older than the more recent Christian one.  We did not seek special admission to it, but looked over the wall from a distance.