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unusual facts about gravestone



Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi

Ghazaros Aghayan gravestone with the epigram: "Friend of children Ghazaros Aghayan" is lost too.

Boldog, Slovakia

In 1978, during restoration work in the church, a remarkable gravestone for a Roman Centurion of Legio XV Apollinaris, who is also described as a 'Negotiator' or trader, was found in the wall of the sacristy.

The XV legion was stationed at Carnuntum, a Roman Limes, or frontier fort on the Danube and the gravestone is likely to date from between 90-138AD.

Coldwaltham

The 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Giles; a rare 11th century gravestone and a simple Saxon font are present on the site.

Cumberland Island

In 1913, the body of Harry Lee was reinterred at Lexington, Virginia, to lie beside his famous son, but his gravestone was left on Cumberland Island.

Frances Burney

She was buried with her son and her husband in Walcot cemetery in Bath, and a gravestone was later erected in the churchyard of St Swithin's across the road.

George Fruits

Commencing with the 1979 edition, the Guinness Book of World Records said "new research released by A. Ross Eckler, Jr. in 1978 has shown him to be 17 years younger than the age shown on his gravestone."

Guissona

The archeological site includes the water supply of the actual Medieval enclosure, the wells of the public fountain, a number of headstones (e.g., the gravestone of Servilla Praepusa (2nd-3rd century AD), a sculpture of a Roman horseman, and the Necropolis located in the area of Cal Mines.

Hester Prynne

According to popular tradition, the gravestone of Elizabeth Pain in Boston's King's Chapel Burying Ground was the inspiration for Hester Prynne's grave.

Johann Gottfried Tulla

His gravestone shows the so-called "Altrip corner", one of the technically most difficult sections of the Rhine straightening, near the Palatinate village of Altrip.

Knucker

Legend says that after marrying the princess, the knight settled in Lyminster and his gravestone, the Slayer's Slab, can be seen in Lyminster church.

Liu Peng

According to the Gravestone Epitaph of his son Liu Ji, he was a 20th generation descendant of Liu Bei.

Meshaw

She was the daughter of Henry Sandford (d.1644) of Nynehead Court, Somerset (whose gravestone exists in the chancel floor of Nynehead Church), by Mary Ayshford (1606–1662).

Nathaniel Rochester

His gravestone features a paraphrase of Christopher Wren's epitaph: "SI QUÆRIS MONUMENTUM, CIRCUMSPICE" ("If you seek his monument, look around yourself").

No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

"Here Comes the Knight" is a pun on the Them song, "Here Comes the Night" and quotes from the epitaph on the gravestone of one of Van's favorite poets, W. B. Yeats.

Ōno Kurobei

It is unknown for certain when he died, but in Matsugishi Temple located in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, a gravestone dates his death to the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, 1751.

St Sigismund's Church, Szydlowiec

There are a lot of original monuments: Mikołaj Szydłowiecki's gravestone (B.Berecci), gravestone of Mikołaj Radziwiłł and his wife Maria née Gawdzicka and was inspired by sleeping Ariadna's (G.Monaldi).

Teoh Beng Hock

Kerk Kim Hock, a distant uncle of Teoh and the family's acting spokesperson, told the press that completion of the marriage rites now entitled Soh to have her name engraved on Teoh's gravestone as his wife.

The Orator

:"Thanks in large part to the almost edibly gorgeous cinematography of Leon Narbey, the film is a sumptuously moody visual experience: the opening shot, of rain on a mountain, might have been painted by McCahon; water runs mercury-silver off taro leaves; tiny details like a snail on a gravestone are lingered over lovingly.

The Scarlet Letter

King's Chapel Burying Ground, mentioned in the final paragraph, exists; the Elizabeth Pain gravestone is traditionally considered an inspiration for the protagonists' grave.

W. Fox McKeithen

McKeithen's gravestone in Caldwell Parish lists his principal accomplishments as the restoration of the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the Cotton Museum in Lake Providence, the Delta Music Museum in Ferriday, and the Louisiana Exhibition Building in Shreveport.


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