The Necropolis Glasgow

50 Cathedral Square, Glasgow , Scotland, United Kingdom

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    The country of my ancestors

    ... there, which set a great mood for looking around. They practically had to drag me out of there so we could go see the necropolis. Now necropolis is apparently just a fancy word for cemetery. But what a cemetery it was. It was a large property that rested ...

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    Fordham Love on a Glaswegian Weekend

    ... . After hunting down the Lighthouse that Macintosh designed (not as cool as it looked in the pictures) we headed back towards the Cathedral to climb the Necropolis. We stayed up at the top and watched the sun set over Glasgow (well, as much as we could ...

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    My First Museum

    ... . Lots of stained glass, underground tombs and chapels for different saints. Cool. Then behind the Cathdedral on a hill was the Necropolis where people are buried in huge tombs, with huge statues, etc. Very pretty and green. Overlooking the city which is ...

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    Glasgow- Day 2

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    ... ; So, doing the math, there would be 8 people living in a very small space. Yikes! Onward I went to the Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis. The cathedral was quite nice, but nothing like the ones in Italy.  I did like the Necropolis, which is ...

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    More Glasgow Adventures

    ... willing to pay. I showed them the Cathedral (from the outside; it was closed already) and we climbed up to the Necropolis to see the view of Glasgow. Sadly, though, the sun does not set until 9:30 now, so we couldn't see it lit up with the ...

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    Two cities, worlds apart

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    ... it was hard to believe that wars were still being fought because of them. We continued up the hill to the Necropolis, home to the crumbling tombs of Glasgow's rich and famous, including John Knox, the founder of Protestantism. The sun was shining now, a ...

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    Running out of titles....

    ... glass window's showed Adam and Eve with out any clothes! Scandalous! Next came free time and most of us wandered around the Necropolis, a huge Cemetary that was designed after Pierre Le Chese in Paris. The monuments were very beautiful. It was a ...

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    Crazy football (soccer) fans

    ... through all the giant tombstones and memorials was very moving and the view from the top of the hil of Glasgow and beyond was awesome.  after the Necropolis we had some down time which is nice so i went and saw Transformers (for the third time ...

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    Day Four

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    ... I might have to have a wander when I come back in a couple of weeks. Anna told us that her freshman year she did a photo essay in the Necropolis of which she is very proud. I'll have to look it up! So after St. Mungo our tour was completed. We walked to ...

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    Glasgow killed my umbrella

    ... bit... The St Mungo's Museum Of Religous Life and Art was really amazing... as was the Cathedral and the Necropolis... I came across the oldest house in Glasgow The 'Provand's Lordship'... they've renovated it but kept things as authentic as possible... ...