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Aug
23
2008

Skogskyrkogarden Garden Cemetary

One of the amazing things about Sweden is that they manage to turn a gloomy, dull, superstitious place such as a cemetary into a public park filled with woodlands and flowers. Its listing as one of Sweden’s fourteen UNESCO World Heritage Sites just speaks volumes about its modern architecture and landscaping. Now I know even a cemetary can turn into a major tourist site and is being conserved as a treasured final resting place for the dead.

According to UNESCO,

This Stockholm cemetery was created between 1917 and 1920 by two young architects, Asplund and Lewerentz, on the site of former gravel pits overgrown with pine trees. The design blends vegetation and architectural elements, taking advantage of irregularities in the site to create a landscape that is finely adapted to its function.

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Written by zhihan in: Music, Nature, Photography | Tags: cemetary, dead, death, features, flowers, skogskyrkogarden, stockholm, sweden, unesco, world heritage site

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