We explored the GLASGOW NECROPOLIS | Scotland's City of the Dead

Описание: Glasgow's Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery and resting place of over 50,000 individuals, some of whom were merchants and other eminent individuals of the city. The cemetery is on a low but imposing hill to the east of Glasgow, or St. Mungo's, Cathedral. A relatively small percentage are named on monuments and not every grave has a stone but some 3,500 monuments exist here.

A statue of John Knox sitting on a column at the top of the hill pre-dates the cemetery and was erected around 1825. The first burials took place in 1832 in the extreme north-east on the lowest ground and these were exclusively for Jewish burials. Alexander Thomson designed a number of the tombs, whilst John Bryce and David Hamilton designed other architecture for the burial grounds.

The main entrance is accessed from a bridge designed by David Hamilton over what, at that time, was called the Molendinar Burn (but is now a road) and which was completed in 1836. This bridge became known as "the Bridge of Sighs" because it was part of the route of funeral courtages. The ornate gates designed by David and James Hamilton were erected in 1838, restricting access onto the bridge.

Music: "Burlesque" by National Sweetheart and "Elegy" by Wayne Jones ‪@AudioLibraryEN‬ stock audio