Category Archives: Cemetery of the Week

The featured cemetery each Wednesday.

Cemetery of the Week #96: St. Paul’s Cathedral

St. Paul’s Cathedral London, EC4M 8AD United Kingdom Telephone: +44 20 7236 8350 Founded: 604 AD Number of memorials: More than 200 Open for sightseeing: Monday to Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Last tickets are sold at 4 p.m. … Continue reading

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Cemetery of the Week #95: Dodge City’s Boot Hill

Boot Hill Cemetery 500 W Wyatt Earp Boulevard Dodge City, Kansas 67801 Telephone:(620) 227-8188 In use: 1872-1879 Number of interments: none any longer Boot Hill Museum Winter Hours: Labor Day – Memorial Day, Monday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 … Continue reading

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Cemetery of the Week #94: Tombstone’s Boot Hill

Boot Hill Cemetery 408 N. Hwy 80 Tombstone, Arizona 85638 Information telephone: 520-457-3300 Founded: 1878 Number of interments: approximately 250 Open: 7:30 a.m. – dusk Admission: free Boot Hill is an American term for a burial ground in the western … Continue reading

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Cemetery of the Week #93: Montparnasse Cemetery

Cimetière du Montparnasse aka Montparnasse Cemetery 3 Boulevard Edgar Quinet Paris, France 75014 Telephone: +33 1 44 10 86 50 Founded: July 25, 1824 Size: 47 acres Number of interments: more than 300,000 people in more than 35,000 tombs Open: … Continue reading

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Cemetery of the Week #92: The Tomb of St. Peter

St. Peter’s Basilica Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Rome, Italy Telephone: + 39 06 69 885 318 Email: scavi@fsp.va Established: 64 AD? Open: St. Peter’s tomb and the Vatican necropolis are only allowed 250 visitors per day. A guide leads small … Continue reading

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