cemeteries

[trinencadian]

Hi guys,

I have a slightly odd question. Are there any old and photogenic cemeteries along the route? I know it is a bit morbid but I like old cemeteries, especially photographing them…

Thanks,
T

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Are there any old and photogenic cemeteries

Lots. Often what appears to be a church is actually a chapel that is part of a cemetery.

 

[tyrrek]

Hi! Many of the smaller villages have a cemetery just outside the village. Depending on the backdrop and weather you could get some good pictures. Often they're walled, but I'm not a graveyard fan to be honest, so never even tried to get in. I don't know if the gates are usually locked or not. Buen Camino!

 

[mspath]

Are there any old and photogenic cemeteries

Lots. Often what appears to be a church is actually a chapel that is part of a cemetery.

trinencadien,

One chapel such as noted by Falcon is on the west side of Navarette. You pass it on the Camino as you leave the town. Next to it the cemetery gate was once on the east of the town as part of a pilgrims' hospice. The chapel displays on its' facade a memorial to an individual contemporary pilgrim who was killed here in a traffic accident. Elsewhere along the Camino there are also many individual markers to pilgrims who died while walking. All are very poignant such as that in Salceda to Guillermo Watts who died just one day before arriving at Santiago. His preserved boots form part of his memorial. As you walk you will see many others.

Happy photographing and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

 

[fortview]

Even to us Europeans , there are some amazing and interesting cemeteries . You will not be short of a photo op, or 100

 

[trinencadian]

Great! Thanks, guys! Canada doesn’t have the really old and cool cemeteries that Europe has. Any time I’m on that side of the pond, I return home with lots (probably too many) graveyard photos. The saddest one I’ve ever seen was in Highgate Cemetery (London) – there were three in a row and so old (or so poorly made) that the engravings had totally been eroded away so now those under there are now nameless to us up above. And a few stones down, there was one about a mid-19th century girl whose dress had caught fire and she died a few days later. Made me super glad to be born today and not back then!
-T