The strangest tombs

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  • When it comes to monuments erected for the dead,
    The family of the deceased make tombstones ideal to express their respect and love for the deceased, but it may come out of the ordinary sometimes, we find graves in strange forms too .. You will see in this article.
    1- Carving the kiss of death
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  • This remarkable statue is found in the back of the tomb of Poplino in Barcelona, dating back to 1930. The sculptor who carried out this work was not believed to be the sculptor Jaume Barba, others are John Fontparnet, Winged skeleton.

2- Gorges Rodenbach tomb
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He was born in 1855 in Belgium and died in 1898 in Paris. He is a Belgian poet and novelist of the symbolic school. His aim was to express the mystery of existence by symbol. Perhaps this is the reason for this strange shape of the tomb. , In a sign that even the limitations of death can not inhibit it, and control it.

3- Dead Child Bed
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  • In the late 19th century, child mortality rates increased, and one of the most horrifying and sad tombstones built at this time was found in Mount Auburn, a cemetery in Boston. This witness is a bed for a young child who passed away, with a bedside pillow , Showing the effects of the little boy's sleep and traces of his foot on the pillow before his departure, making it a monumental and sad memorial.

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