Remembering Place: A Cemetery Story
A Movement to Make Cemeteries Beautiful
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Grisly graveyards in Europe led to a new approach to cemetery design.
The rapid growth of European cities during the Industrial Revolution put enormous strain on traditional church-side graveyards, resulting in grisly, unhealthy scenes. This prompted a revolutionary shift in cemetery design called the Rural Cemetery Movement, in which burial grounds became public gardens.
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Remembering Place: A Cemetery Story is a local public television program presented by TPT
Remembering Place: A Cemetery Story
A Movement to Make Cemeteries Beautiful
Clip: Special | 2m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
The rapid growth of European cities during the Industrial Revolution put enormous strain on traditional church-side graveyards, resulting in grisly, unhealthy scenes. This prompted a revolutionary shift in cemetery design called the Rural Cemetery Movement, in which burial grounds became public gardens.
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