Looking back through my travel photos I see that in many places we visited there was, on our agendas, an Abbey, Cathedral, Chapel, Church, Convent, Monastery, Mosque, Pagoda, Synagogue, Temple or other place of worship. As we travel along the road I often take snaps of God's houses we pass by. These buildings range from ordinary to ostentatious.
For the Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge my theme is Gods' Houses. During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of Gods' Houses from my digital albums.
Britannica online tells me that "Tomb, in the strictest sense, is a home or house for the dead; the term is applied loosely to all kinds of graves, funerary monuments, and memorials." That is how I am defining tombs in this post but I'm only including tombs from Gods' Houses. |
| Pardon my French! |
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| Jacques Cartier - St Malo Cathedral, France |
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| Arthur, Duke of Wellington, St Paul's Cathedral, London |
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| Horatio Nelson, St Paul's Cathedral - London, England |
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| A Family Grave - St Mary's Haddington, Scotland |
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| One of 40 buildings at the site, Hue, Vietnam |
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| The Graveyard at The Rock of Cashel - Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland |
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| The Graveyard, The Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Cordon, France |
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| The Mausoleum, Saltaire United Reformed Church, Saltaire, England |
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| The Mausoleum, Saltaire United Reformed Church, Saltaire, England |
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| An ancestor's simple marker - Gomersal Moravian Burial Ground |
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| Vasco da Gama, Jeronimas Monastery - Lisbon, Portugal |
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Children Jacinta and Francisco Marco - Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, Fatima, Portugal |
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| Tomb of Christopher Columbus, Seville Cathedral - Seville, Spain |
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| Mausoleum of Mohammed V - Rabat, Morocco |
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| St Francis Xavier, Basilica of Bom Jesus - Goa, India |
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| Louis Braille, Pantheon - Paris France |
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| Victor Hugo, Pantheon - Paris, France |
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| Some of my Kealy kin, St Joseph's Churchyard - Ballyfoyle, Kilkenny, Ireland |
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I'm not sure if this is a Memorial or if it contains the remains of the persons named. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Thailand. Following are two closeup images from the structure |
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| Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Thailand. |
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| Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Thailand. |
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| Lillie Langtry, St Saviour's Churchyard - Jersey, Channel Islands |
I could dream of being interred in one of these magnificent tombs, Jill. My favourite is the Basilica Of Our Lady Of The Rosary Of Fatima.
ReplyDeleteI already have my plot with a view of the sea.
DeleteI like the family tomb. Something comforting about being buried with your family. I would not want to be buried in one of the elaborate indoor tomb. Luckily, I don't have to worry about that.
ReplyDeleteAs I'm neither famous or infamous I don't need to worry either.
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