Category: Destinatios
Inverted torch, Pere-Lachaise The draped cinerary urn is probably the most common nineteenth-century funerary symbol. Some nineteenth-century cemeteries appear to be a sea of urns. The drape can be …
Treestone, Levallois-Perret Cemetery Symbolism Cemeteries are virtual encyclopedias of symbolism. The symbols on a person’s tomb may help to tell us something about the life of its inhabitant. Dead …
Blair chose Middle Plantation, a struggling settlement that, when the first college building was completed in 1698, was renamed Williamsburg. Burkina Faso Map Tourist Attractions Following the destruction of …
Simple Vault The most common tomb style in city’ cemeteries is a simple stone slab that covers a vault. Vaults are usually lined with cement and most vaults have …
For over 200 years, the flintlock was the dominant type of firearm; as a result, there were a number of rather minor variations in design and manufacture. Korea, North …
Columbarium, Pere-Lachaise Chapelles are small-scale mausoleums that can be seen throughout city cemeteries. The minimausoleums are great places to study architecture in diminutive form Chapelle-style tomb, Pere-Lachaise Exedrae These …
Matchlocks were an important projectile weapon during the early 1600s. Recife Subway Map These devices worked by an action that would bring a lighted match into direct contact with …
A crossbow was sometimes made of horn, but was typically steel, and the bowstring was made of hemp or flax. Manchester Metro Map The crossbow would be attached to …