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'Seven of the world's spectacular cemeteries, one of them in Spain.'

'Seven of the world's spectacular cemeteries, one of them in Spain.'

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Семь захватывающих кладбищ мира, одно из них в Испании.
Семь захватывающих кладбищ мира, одно из них в Испании.

Some cemeteries are imbued with works of art, others are the final resting place of historical figures, and some disturb the spirit of peace and gathering.

The Sapanta Cemetery in Romania, for example, differs from the usual aesthetic of cemeteries, where headstones are decorated with poems and paintings depicting memorable scenes from the deceased's life, creating a vibrant cemetery that tries to shake off the usual sadness inherent in such places.

The Highgate Cemetery in London, known for its Victorian Gothic architecture, is located in the north of the UK capital and is considered part of England's cultural heritage. It attracts many tourists as many of the mausoleums house the remains of famous''personalities such as Karl Marx, Eric Hobsbawm, George Michael, Lucian Freud, George Eliot, Michael Faraday, Alexander Litvinenko and the parents and brothers of Charles Dickens.

The Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires is known for its ornamented mausoleums and for being the final resting place for many famous personalities, such as Eva Peron or even the cemetery caretaker who saved up all his life to have his own crypt in this iconic cemetery.

Per Lachaise, Paris is the largest cemetery in Paris and one of the most popular around the world. It is a unique example of 19th and 20th century European funerary art, designed by architect Theodore Bognard. There are nearly 70,000 graves here, some of which are very''Famous such as singers Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf and Maria Callas, writers such as Honoré de Balzac, Molière and Oscar Wilde, or artists such as Camille Corot, Delacroix, Modigliani and Pissarro, among others.

The old Jewish cemetery in Prague is right in the center of the city and is striking for its large number of sketched tombstones between the walls. Despite its modest size - only 55 meters long and 35 meters wide - more than 100,000 Jews are buried inside the cemetery.

Santa Marina de Dozo in Cambados (Galicia) has been declared a historical-artistic monument and included in the catalog of the Association of Unique Cemeteries of Europe. It contains the ruins of an ancient Gothic temple from the 15th century, preserved arches with carved balls and decorated''with sculptures of biblical scenes.

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One of the most notable of these images is the seven deadly sins. Members of the family that owns the Bazan estate can be found in this cemetery. In addition, the wife and son of the famous writer Ramón María del Valle-Inclán are buried here.

The Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, USA, is the largest military cemetery in the country and serves as the final resting place for more than 400,000 military veterans and their immediate family members from Iraq, Afghanistan, as well as from World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War and the U.S. Civil War. In addition, two presidents, John F. Kennedy and William Howard Taft (who is not military) are buried here.

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