A Grave So Sad It Made Me Quit and Walk Away - Milan 🇮🇹

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • Fine though these monuments are, this grave really made me think how long I can keep walking cemeteries for #travel #italy #travelvlog
    Milan Final Part

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  • @joannemcniff4210
    @joannemcniff4210 3 місяці тому +255

    This is almost comparable to going to an art museum. These statues are incredible.

    • @Alesxandros
      @Alesxandros 21 день тому +1

      @@joannemcniff4210 in italy we have more art and statues in our basements than in entire cities in usa...source: i can't talk🤫

    • @joannemcniff4210
      @joannemcniff4210 21 день тому

      @Alesxandros I've been to Italy and it is amazing!

  • @myriadhues457
    @myriadhues457 3 місяці тому +448

    The italians don't go halfway with honoring their deceased. These are some of the most intricate graves I've ever seen. Thank you much for visiting these places for those of us who can't. I would love to see some of these places but not sure if I'll ever have the funds to make it over seas.

    • @lucyterrier7905
      @lucyterrier7905 3 місяці тому +4

      @@myriadhues457 The proper word is decedants. Just fyi.

    • @lisasaims3007
      @lisasaims3007 3 місяці тому +9

      Yes, we regularly pray, offer a Mass in their name & light candles in the church for our beloved dead ♥️💔

    • @truthadvocacy
      @truthadvocacy 3 місяці тому +18

      @@lucyterrier7905 FYI: *decedent* is a legal term, while *deceased* is a common term, so the latter is preferred.

    • @AnnetteVaKay
      @AnnetteVaKay 3 місяці тому +4

      Where is this cemetery?

    • @RonnieLeeBeauford
      @RonnieLeeBeauford 3 місяці тому +5

      @@AnnetteVaKay monumental cemetery in milan, italy

  • @CoachBeckyTaylor
    @CoachBeckyTaylor 3 місяці тому +213

    Just think about it! Every parent who loses a child fears that the child will be forgotten. You will likely never forget the monument with the baby popping out of the headstone. The parents made sure of that! It was a brilliant way of insuring the child would live on in the minds of so many.

  • @wandaorr2075
    @wandaorr2075 3 місяці тому +286

    The grave of the baby reaching out was so sad and devastating! May that little angel rest in peace.

  • @autumnfall8829
    @autumnfall8829 3 місяці тому +375

    The amount of priceless sculptures in that place is mind-boggling. I can not even fathom the cost of one on those bronze sculptures. What a beautiful place.

    • @carolineolsenarnold7039
      @carolineolsenarnold7039 3 місяці тому +40

      If they were all totted up in today's money you would be looking at a billion dollars easily. They are magnificent aren't they?

    • @autumnfall8829
      @autumnfall8829 3 місяці тому +16

      @carolineolsenarnold7039 yes, quite

    • @ricardorobert360
      @ricardorobert360 3 місяці тому +10

      Amazing museum.thanks for showing it.😂😂

    • @autumnfall8829
      @autumnfall8829 3 місяці тому +31

      @@ricardorobert360 For real. The amount of priceless bronze, marble, and granite art is INSANE. Those are masters quality. Just AMAZING.

    • @haplessasshole9615
      @haplessasshole9615 3 місяці тому +1

      @@autumnfall8829 I enjoyed seeing the variety of sculptural styles. The realistic figure of St. Francis on a grave adjacent to one with a very Art Deco piece was an interesting juxtaposition. But they're all absolutely gorgeous.

  • @FOXYCECILIA
    @FOXYCECILIA 3 місяці тому +150

    For a very old cemetery I'm amazed how well maintained it is.

    • @esmeraldagreen1992
      @esmeraldagreen1992 2 місяці тому +1

      It is not well maintained at all. The walkways are in terrible shape, and many of the tombs are reduced to rubble. There are tombs completely engulfed by ivy and weeds

    • @now591
      @now591 Місяць тому

      @@esmeraldagreen1992 Exaggeration.

  • @BradYaateeh.
    @BradYaateeh. 3 місяці тому +101

    I went to the Titanic graveyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia some years ago.I went to pay my respects after seeing the museum. Shortly after I was there, I stopped and had to leave, one stone had gotten to me. The Stone was in oblisk form and said Erected to the memory of an unknown child whose remains were recovered after the disaster to the "Titanic" April 15th, 1912.

    • @cherylradabaugh2720
      @cherylradabaugh2720 3 місяці тому +24

      They did DNA on the remains and found out who the child was.

    • @BradYaateeh.
      @BradYaateeh. 3 місяці тому +9

      @@cherylradabaugh2720 Thank you, I am glad that mystery is solved.

    • @MeMe-cz6pk
      @MeMe-cz6pk 2 місяці тому +17

      @@BradYaateeh. researchers believe that they have finally resolved the identity of the unknown child -concluding that he was 19-month-old Sidney Leslie Goodwin from England.

    • @postalghost830
      @postalghost830 23 дні тому +3

      😢

    • @katherinehutton9870
      @katherinehutton9870 20 днів тому +1

      They now have the child's name and dates on it. Plus extend family from those who were not migrating to USA have visited the grave

  • @QouteTheRavenNevermore
    @QouteTheRavenNevermore 3 місяці тому +189

    The craftsmanship on those are absolutely amazing

    • @ShoutItFromTheHousetops
      @ShoutItFromTheHousetops 3 місяці тому +2

      No kidding! What artistry and exquisite craftsmanship. Would be interesting to know what the cost would be back then and in today’s market.

    • @QouteTheRavenNevermore
      @QouteTheRavenNevermore 3 місяці тому

      ​@@ShoutItFromTheHousetops in today's market a person would have to be a millionaire to be able to afford them. When my brother died 25 years his marker with installation for a flat marker ran me almost $1000. It was a Blue Pearl Granite with a goose neck at the top. It was only the 2nd time one was made in our area. It was shipped from Africa.

  • @EllenHiller
    @EllenHiller 3 місяці тому +137

    The graves of the young are so sad, but even the statues on the other graves depict such utter despair in grief that even watching through a screen leaves me moved to tears, I can imagine the toll it must take walking around and seeing them in person. But you did and I am so very grateful that I got to experience this through you. Thank you so much.

  • @FourBattyBees
    @FourBattyBees 2 місяці тому +10

    I worked as a gardener / groundskeeper in a 40 acre cemetery for 11 years and loved every minute of it. People always asked me if I was afraid to work there. I always told them that it wasn’t the dead you needed to be afraid of, it was the living. I could wander around in this cemetery for hours! It seems so peaceful and beautiful. We did not have standing monuments, all of ours were flat for ease of mowing. I love these types of graves and monuments.

  • @MissTShompagne
    @MissTShompagne 3 місяці тому +142

    This is the most exquisite and beautiful cemetery I've ever seen. The families really cared for their loved ones. May they all rest in peace.

    • @theresa9417
      @theresa9417 3 місяці тому +1

      @@MissTShompagne I agree 🦋🦋

  • @shereemorgan1430
    @shereemorgan1430 3 місяці тому +55

    That cemetery is beautiful, the workmanship is phenomenal. The child one is beyond sad!

  • @the_original_t
    @the_original_t 3 місяці тому +17

    As a funeral Celebrant, one saying which never leaves me is "To the depths in which we love, shall be the depths to which we grieve." Each grave is a story, a memory, a life-unchanged by time or history. Left for each of us to interpret in our own way and left for the loved-ones as a way to express their sorrow. Thank you for all your efforts in sharing these precious moments with us. Even the times where it has to hurt your own heart to see. You work is very appreciated.

    • @febash1702
      @febash1702 3 місяці тому +1

      @@the_original_t that's a beautiful quote and very true 💔💔

  • @kathysmith8048
    @kathysmith8048 3 місяці тому +62

    So beautiful for a cemetary. The headstones and staues look like we are in a museums. I know it's odd to say, but all the monuments make it classically beautiful.

  • @suemasongreen8979
    @suemasongreen8979 3 місяці тому +57

    What a beautiful graveyard, the graves are stunning, and well looked after . How lovely to see the people care for the graves, RIP.

  • @mogulmeister
    @mogulmeister 2 місяці тому +8

    The astonishing grave of the baby girl belongs to Amelia Clerici Bagozzi 1902-1904
    There is an inscription underneath which really shows the deepest desperation of her parents. My Italian is only average but I think it says:
    “The parents pray, seeking relief for their afflicted souls, placing them in perpetual memory of their beloved little angel”
    I do see why you have difficulty with the children’s graves. It is very striking and deeply affecting. You make excellent videos. Grazie.

  • @canadiangemini3335
    @canadiangemini3335 3 місяці тому +51

    I was mind-blown. One does not outdo the other as each headstone is so unique. Beautiful. All of it. Thank you so much because I never saw anything like this before.

  • @grannybee
    @grannybee 4 місяці тому +132

    Milan was so beautiful. The statues were amazing, some actually spooky. Thank you for rhis series.

  • @meme-sb7vr
    @meme-sb7vr 3 місяці тому +15

    Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in eternal peace. Amen.

  • @sonnijacob7196
    @sonnijacob7196 3 місяці тому +45

    What a beautiful cemetery and the graves show so much love and respect for those who have departed. I find it so touching. Thank you.

  • @Maria-ip1vh
    @Maria-ip1vh 3 місяці тому +20

    This is the most gorgeous cemetery I have ever seen! Love walking through cemeteries and remembering those that have gone before me.

  • @alisonfoster6733
    @alisonfoster6733 3 місяці тому +53

    Northing worse then childrens graves no person should dye so young I've almost had that as experience with my now 5 year old who was sadly born with seriously cardiac which never got picked up on scans witch lead to her been ventilated at 4 hours old and was in NICU for 95% of her 1st year of life even after open heart surgery at 10 weeks old im thankful to say the least shes still here and fighting 5 years later

    • @MaryrosePurple1
      @MaryrosePurple1 3 місяці тому +11

      🙏 Sending prayers for your little one 🙏

    • @alisonfoster6733
      @alisonfoster6733 3 місяці тому +6

      @@MaryrosePurple1 thank you

    • @karenvecchio4455
      @karenvecchio4455 3 місяці тому +10

      My daughter had her first open heart surgery at 3 weeks . He second second at 19. She is now 33 & during great. Praise be to God

    • @alisonfoster6733
      @alisonfoster6733 3 місяці тому +6

      @@karenvecchio4455 oh wow so glad there great and hope your doing well aswell and it's not easy for the parents mentally and emotionally xx

  • @suesmith3744
    @suesmith3744 3 місяці тому +29

    My goodness , what beautiful workmanship , if a cemetery could be described as beautiful this one is. The baby grave was so sad but uplifting at the same time , the little soul was leaving this cruel world and reaching up to holy father in heaven .. it moved me . Thank you for sharing 💐

  • @viewer-penknee
    @viewer-penknee 3 місяці тому +16

    wow I've never seen a cemetery with so many beautiful tributes to loved ones.. thanks for sharing ❤

  • @lozinozz7567
    @lozinozz7567 3 місяці тому +27

    Thanks for taking the time to walk around and share it with us. It was fascinating 😊

  • @Woostie64
    @Woostie64 3 місяці тому +12

    What beautiful headstones. I've never seen anything like it. TY for the tour

  • @jhdholiday7253
    @jhdholiday7253 Місяць тому +5

    I find the childrens graves sad as well. But they were honored at least. You can tell they were loved. They weren't just discarded like so many today.

  • @NonieMaesLife
    @NonieMaesLife Місяць тому +3

    This is one of the most beautiful Cemeteries I have ever saw❤❤❤

  • @paulamccarthy8197
    @paulamccarthy8197 3 місяці тому +50

    I’ve never seen a graveyard like it with so much stone and statues, pretty amazing they are everywhere, I suppose I’m just used to less stone and more grass and smaller statues, it’s so sad too but it comes to us all….bless them

    • @esmeraldagreen1992
      @esmeraldagreen1992 2 місяці тому +2

      There are several of these monumental cemeteries in Italy. Some, like the Staglieno cemetery in Genoa, are quite famous and contain priceless statues and bronzes by renowned artists of the time

    • @paulamccarthy8197
      @paulamccarthy8197 Місяць тому

      @@esmeraldagreen1992 pretty amazing but spooky too

  • @katekat1064
    @katekat1064 3 місяці тому +15

    My grandparents and many of my uncles, aunts, and cousins were buried in the old graveyard in our town. The monuments were incredible. My grandparents owned/operated a small grocery store directly across the street from a stonemason. It was fascinating to visit. He often gave us scraps of granite, marble to play with

  • @lablackzed
    @lablackzed 3 місяці тому +33

    The wealth shown there is unbelievable works of art.👍👁

  • @the1_grammy503
    @the1_grammy503 3 місяці тому +53

    I have never seen such elaborate resting places. Most of them are quite beautiful.

    • @dkwillrn
      @dkwillrn 3 місяці тому +5

      What a beautiful cemetery

    • @the1_grammy503
      @the1_grammy503 3 місяці тому +2

      @@dkwillrnit really is!

  • @beatrixrehberg5280
    @beatrixrehberg5280 3 місяці тому +23

    Wow, all these graves are outstanding! You can feel almost the love of their families!!

  • @ericalbany
    @ericalbany 3 місяці тому +32

    Nice monument showing St Francis preaching to the birds

    • @Solitude11-11
      @Solitude11-11 3 місяці тому +3

      @@ericalbany I loved that one too!

  • @ElizabethSands-bs9jd
    @ElizabethSands-bs9jd 3 місяці тому +19

    What a glorious place you have brought us to today. I can only say “ Thank you “ ♥️♥️ xx

  • @essencesmith553
    @essencesmith553 3 місяці тому +9

    I believe this is the most beautiful cemetery I’ve ever seen

  • @gwl1945
    @gwl1945 4 місяці тому +42

    Brilliant series Dan thank you for all the hard work.

  • @EMKEN64
    @EMKEN64 3 місяці тому +14

    Everything is so visible even the very old ones no overgrowth really preserves these old graves, The bronze sculptures are amazing. I would love to hear the stories behind these gravesites.

  • @gigieckhart
    @gigieckhart 4 місяці тому +33

    What a beautiful cemetery this was!

  • @kalayne6713
    @kalayne6713 3 місяці тому +7

    Such an amazing cemetery with all the decorative burial plots, but yes, I would find it overwhelming and depressing after a while. Thanks for posting. I like hearing the names. RIP.

  • @shernandez2276
    @shernandez2276 3 місяці тому +8

    Wow! I’ve never seen gravesites like that before. Your camera was super clear I thought I was there walking with you. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Nessy-of-the-Lynn
    @Nessy-of-the-Lynn 3 місяці тому +13

    I always think of it as visiting the lonely. Whenever I go to a cemetery I focus on the peacefulness of it, the connection I feel to those who came before us and helped give us all the things we cherish today, and how no matter how hard/easy their lives were, at least now they are resting together. I like to visit so that they are not forgotten and I tell myself that I am a guest coming over to take away some of their tedium. The truly sad ones are the neglected ones in run down and possibly singular settings.

  • @amyhyde70
    @amyhyde70 2 місяці тому +3

    That was the most awesome cemetery I’ve ever seen!
    Waaaaaay cool💥💥💜💜🏆

  • @nataliyanna
    @nataliyanna 3 місяці тому +15

    My dad absolutely adores your videos and demands I watch them with him

  • @drac2you816
    @drac2you816 Місяць тому +2

    The monuments here are STUNNING! So beautiful.

  • @MonyMunoz-l3m
    @MonyMunoz-l3m 3 місяці тому +4

    What a beautiful Cemetery..The Statues are so exquisite..Sad to think we will all be there soneday..now days people can't afford such beautiful sculptures ..I love walking through old Cemeterys..I look at the pictures and dates and wonder how life was at that time..such history..Thank you for this video..

  • @k.wegner
    @k.wegner 3 місяці тому +5

    This was an impressive art exhibition! Thank you for sharing. ✌️

  • @christinamellow9824
    @christinamellow9824 3 місяці тому +10

    Rest in peace to these innocent souls but, the one of the baby was scareier then other ones that I've seen. Thank you for the tour of this beautiful cementary.🙏🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️

  • @cherylpurdue888
    @cherylpurdue888 3 місяці тому +15

    That was a beautiful cemetery ,the stonework was amazing 😔

  • @LyfeofNikkiLee
    @LyfeofNikkiLee Місяць тому +2

    I love how the sculptures on these graves capture so much emotion. Such a beautiful way to honor the deceased.🙏🏽❤️

  • @lizzieb6311
    @lizzieb6311 3 місяці тому +4

    I’m astonished at the incredible works of art…and the extensive use of copper. These monuments certainly tell the story of the departed. Absolutely stunning. Thank you for sharing 💜💜💜

  • @lilith6009
    @lilith6009 3 місяці тому +4

    Wow Impressive amount of stones and statues.. extremely beautiful… it’s art. Thank you for sharing

  • @chrissyfishes1412
    @chrissyfishes1412 4 місяці тому +21

    Thanks Dan. Milan was beautiful.

  • @gabrielwatson7721
    @gabrielwatson7721 3 місяці тому +6

    So beautifully sad. These are the most ornate, gorgeous graves I've ever seen! Over here in the U.S., people get a headstone, maybe a picture and a gathering of flowers. I truly hope to see this for myself someday. Thank you for sharing with us. 🙏✝️

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist 3 місяці тому +2

      I've seen a number of those porcelain picture medallions on grave stones, they still make those but the modern ones are applied with adhesive which will fail and can be pried off, the old ones Ive seen were actually embedded into a recess cut into the stone, so they dont fall off, and are basically pry-proof.
      The ones Ive seen were in B&W and I think were between the 1870s and 1920s, and they really give you a look at the person as they once appeared!

  • @veephil2776
    @veephil2776 2 місяці тому +3

    Absolutely incredible 😳 wow!…Such a beautiful cemetery 🙏🏻 amazing sculptures & so beautifully looked after…. Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @Jillian-Jill
    @Jillian-Jill 3 місяці тому +7

    Such a stunning looking graveyard.
    May they all Rest In Peace. 💜

  • @shereemcclelland2186
    @shereemcclelland2186 3 місяці тому +8

    These graves are very elaborate, I’ve never ever seen so many different sculptures. Most of them very beautiful. So much detail and some very large. I would be there weeks reading and looking at every one 👍🇦🇺 from Australia, with Italian heritage, and most of these graves are Italian, actually all of them, no expense spared when it comes to celebrating the loved ones that have passed.

  • @juliesunshine333
    @juliesunshine333 2 місяці тому +5

    There’s a gorgeous cemetery in Charleston, SC that I used to go to quite often as a teenaged runaway in the ‘70s. It somehow soothed my weary soul. Ive visited many cemeteries since. I’m 63 years old and have never lost the feeling of comfort that these places bring me. Most ppl would find that strange and creepy. They’re afraid of death. People can’t even say the word “ die” or “dead”!! They say “passed”, like the person is in a race or something! STOP SAYING PASSED! The people DIED! They’re DEAD. They most certainly weren’t in some weird race where they’re passing. Passing who?! They won’t even finish the phrase by saying “passed AWAY”. They say “passed”. I hate it. Please stop.
    Nobody gets out alive. Nobody. If you believe in reincarnation and the continuation of our spirits than there’s nothing to fear.
    After a long, hard, painful life, death comes as the great reliever. Death, for the individual dying comes as simply the means of one’s life but in another form.

    • @sdbelland
      @sdbelland 19 днів тому

      I've always found graveyards and cemetaries to be comforting and peaceful. Although some of these are beautifully done, I'm not personally crazy about these cemetaries that are just art shows. I prefer grass, mature trees, a mix of headstones that are flat or not, but I definitely love the older ones that draw me to sit and sip on my coffee that I take with me, while I chat away.
      Also, I agree, people die, death comes to all.

    • @sdbelland
      @sdbelland 19 днів тому

      I've always found graveyards and cemetaries to be comforting and peaceful. Although some of these are beautifully done, I'm not personally crazy about these cemetaries that are just art shows. I prefer grass, mature trees, a mix of headstones that are flat or not, but I definitely love the older ones that draw me to sit and sip on my coffee that I take with me, while I chat away.
      Also, I agree, people die, death comes to all.

  • @marylynnrodgers1091
    @marylynnrodgers1091 Місяць тому +3

    The families showed so much love!

  • @tracydaniels2577
    @tracydaniels2577 3 місяці тому +8

    Fantastic Dan thanks for sharing this ❤ some beautiful memorials and some just a little strange. All totally fascinating

  • @silverlaptop2022
    @silverlaptop2022 3 місяці тому +5

    These are just works of art.
    The kids are in God's good Heaven 🌹

  • @janenewman8939
    @janenewman8939 3 місяці тому +7

    Beautifully done. Wonderful graves. Impressive. Thankyou for sharing.

  • @marylynnrodgers1091
    @marylynnrodgers1091 Місяць тому +2

    That's got to be one of the most beautiful cemeteries I've ever seen

  • @lynnrodgers3321
    @lynnrodgers3321 3 місяці тому +9

    Amazing, these memorials must of been for wealthy families. The construction, art and design is fabulous

  • @raquelmascara6382
    @raquelmascara6382 3 місяці тому +2

    Children shouldn't be in cemeteries-- they should be held & playing. RIP. Beautiful cemetery & bird song.

  • @joelhurley2678
    @joelhurley2678 3 місяці тому +8

    Beautiful cemetery and thank you for sharing Dan. 😊

  • @brianbyczek-m6p
    @brianbyczek-m6p 3 місяці тому +4

    ..................Wow ...the most beautiful cemetary i've ever seen.................very touching wish i could do the same for my loving relatives, i feel they deserve so much more than just a tiny square slab

  • @denisesanders5589
    @denisesanders5589 3 місяці тому +11

    Guessing the sheep was symbolic of Jesus's flock. Loved your comment on a guy doing a back flip that made me laugh out loud. Sorry to hear you felt so sad., life is so fragile. x

  • @livingauthenticallyonmyownterm
    @livingauthenticallyonmyownterm 2 місяці тому +1

    What a gorgeous cemetery! Such incredible carvings, and we’ll maintained yard. The aged copper is truly stunning! Everything in a graveyard has a meaning, so I wonder what the baby coming out of the stone means? Thank you for taking us on this wonderful adventure. I love walking among the cemeteries. There is so much to learn from them. Rest In Peace! ❤

  • @elainebilodeau6123
    @elainebilodeau6123 3 місяці тому +3

    Wow what an amazing cemetery. The monuments are beautiful.

  • @lindasnow3960
    @lindasnow3960 3 місяці тому +4

    The beauty in the this Post really seems to reflect both a joy for life and the grief of the morners

  • @YTmama-c1o
    @YTmama-c1o 3 місяці тому +2

    My first time on your channel! I was awestruck by these beautiful grave markers/monuments...so touching! ❤

  • @michelleross1197
    @michelleross1197 3 місяці тому +4

    This is such a beautiful cemetery and the monuments are amazing

  • @DianaMcConnell-c5r
    @DianaMcConnell-c5r 2 місяці тому +2

    Hard to think that we will be there one day and people walking past looking at our graves like this. 😮

  • @sherockz.24.7
    @sherockz.24.7 29 днів тому

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GRAVEYARDS & this one is magnificent! Glad I just discovered this channel. The craftmanship of the stone work in graveyards fascinates me to no end!! IMO, cemeteries really are such a peaceful & beautiful place to visit...while alive.

  • @Siberialover23Guiterrez
    @Siberialover23Guiterrez 3 місяці тому +1

    Can I just say my brother and myself LOVE these kinds of channels ❤❤❤ & I love your voice so calming u are in my ear so much lately, ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @vickibodnar4087
    @vickibodnar4087 3 місяці тому +5

    They are beautiful and so intense with how they feel about their loved ones …🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @maryhelen1011
    @maryhelen1011 6 днів тому

    Thank you for the video! This was one of the most beautiful cemeteries! Just lovely, as are you! You’re so kind when you talk about the grave sites. Safe travels! ❤❤❤😊❤❤❤

  • @judithstonier9872
    @judithstonier9872 3 місяці тому +4

    Thank you for showing us this amazing place, some of the memorials are depressing but the sculptures are beautiful, personally I agree with you that I would rather be remembered with a smile than tears 😊

  • @mejuffrouwvandalen
    @mejuffrouwvandalen 3 місяці тому +3

    The photo’s on the graves are really amazing !

  • @miriammarshall5925
    @miriammarshall5925 3 місяці тому +4

    Love your videos!
    I would like to visit all those places that you offer us in your tours. I feel like I'm visiting them. I read the stories of so many lives on the tombstones... Congrats!! Nice work!! Saludos desde Argentina👋

  • @brandyjean7015
    @brandyjean7015 3 місяці тому +28

    Not fancy, but an old pioneer cemetery near my home has 4 markers for a family's lost children: 4 lost on the same date in August. Illness, fire, failed river crossing, something more nefarious? Always makes me sad.

    • @wichita603
      @wichita603 3 місяці тому +3

      @@brandyjean7015 I don't know the time you didn't say the time on the grave but I would say it was due to illness maybe a flu.

    • @hattiem.7966
      @hattiem.7966 3 місяці тому +1

      What year was it?The years before antibiotics?

    • @brandyjean7015
      @brandyjean7015 3 місяці тому

      @@hattiem.7966 yes.

    • @brandyjean7015
      @brandyjean7015 3 місяці тому

      @@wichita603 I don't remember the exact year. But it is from the early pioneer days here in Washington state.

  • @frmiankowski
    @frmiankowski 4 місяці тому +116

    The baby's grave was terrifying.

    • @evelynpretty2231
      @evelynpretty2231 3 місяці тому +23

      Totally agree!! Yikes! Who would even want something like that!?!🪬♥️🧿🪦🧿♥️🪬

    • @RuthShelton-ou4id
      @RuthShelton-ou4id 3 місяці тому +108

      I think the baby as braking out of the grave and going up to heaven.
      I think that's what it's meant to represent.
      There's a grave of a little maybe 10 yr old boy -- how they made it I don't know. You see the wheel chair and a little boy looks so happy as he's leaving his chair while reaching up with his arms to the sky.
      It's meant to show that he's free -- free of pains & sickness and like he's being brought to heaven where he can run & play --and be very loved. He was finally not in pain anymore
      People leave toys as gifts. That child's parent's loved their sick child very much & set up a fund & foundation that would help parents pay for their sick children.
      So when I saw the little baby reaching upwards out of his or her tomb maybe it's supposed to show the same as the boy in the wheelchair.
      It's just another sick child who suffered & died body wise but the child's soul was now free and Jesus would gently hold that child and love and make that child we'll again..
      Anyway, that's my take on it

    • @AndreaAlexandroNal
      @AndreaAlexandroNal 3 місяці тому +36

      ​@@RuthShelton-ou4idA wonderful thought that can only come from a sensitive soul, thank you.

    • @RuthShelton-ou4id
      @RuthShelton-ou4id 3 місяці тому +19

      @@AndreaAlexandroNal
      You are so welcome. Have a wonderful & blessed week.☘️

    • @j.ksmith7432
      @j.ksmith7432 3 місяці тому +23

      @@RuthShelton-ou4id I’ve seen a photograph of that memorial, as a wheelchair user I found it quite moving.

  • @Jen-wo6on
    @Jen-wo6on Місяць тому +1

    Those headstones/gravemarkers are absolutely beautiful ,RIP to all

  • @suepoole8323
    @suepoole8323 3 місяці тому +4

    A fascinating tour Dan, Thank you.. always sad when there are children, and that wee baby reaching out towards Heaven with outstretched arms (at least that is how I think the family meant it to be) perhaps a child that had suffered in it's year on this Earth..God Bless them all and you to Dan stay safe and well.

  • @donnadalessio3853
    @donnadalessio3853 2 місяці тому +1

    These are works of art. So beautiful

  • @williammullikin2076
    @williammullikin2076 3 місяці тому +1

    Great series Dan. Nice to get a glimpse of of you at the end

  • @Headloser
    @Headloser 3 місяці тому +20

    Wow, these people have the money for all those art works.

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist 3 місяці тому +2

      It was a lot cheaper back then, nowadays those bronze portraits, busts and medallions would cost 5-6 figures each, there is a LOT of labor and a lot of steps involved in making each one!
      I had a couple of my older standing dog models cast in bronze recently, they are about 6" tall and they cost me over $500 each JUST for the foundry simply casting my wax into bronze, I did all the rest of the work. Take that $500 for a 6" tall sculpture and then look at some of those ful bodied standing figures in the video and figure out what is involved in making those and the cost!

    • @srozaardnet5630
      @srozaardnet5630 3 місяці тому

      ​@@DeuDeoEgo Yes, I would say this graveyard was for the wealthy. They say "You can't take it with you", but some people can .obviously spend a lot of "it" on a grand tombstone.

  • @GraceSalinas-qh2zs
    @GraceSalinas-qh2zs 3 місяці тому +3

    So very sad about the baby and the children Rest in Sweet HEAVENLY PEACE Dear Sweet departed 🎉🎉🎉 I TRULY Love how the graveyard is built it's respectful and you don't have to walk on the other graves to get to your Loved ones like in some other graveyards ⚰️🪦⚱️⚰️🪦⚱️

  • @lisaprestidge4837
    @lisaprestidge4837 3 місяці тому +4

    Just amazing the head stones and statues it’s art a beautiful tribute to all who are having their forever rest 🙏

  • @mikki3961
    @mikki3961 3 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for walking in the heat and show casing the beauty there. I hope no one complains about your stomach or your feet. Grazie.

  • @khaussie
    @khaussie 3 місяці тому +2

    Thanks Dan great series, fantastic sculptures, well done in all those walks, it would get to me seeing all those babies ones, so thanks for showing us all you’ve been to there

  • @Sophiecjp
    @Sophiecjp 3 місяці тому +3

    Thank you for the tour. I am not one to travel so very interesting to see other cultures and how they honor their loved ones. Not sure which one you were referring to that said it was so sad you had to walk away and quit. The baby coming out of the headstone was a bit creepy but not really sad. Thanks again for the tour.

  • @dellwright4829
    @dellwright4829 28 днів тому +1

    the one of the man in bed and the lady taking care of him is so so incredible and those look to have been some well off people with lots of money.this is a grand cemetary for the wealthy.

  • @jackiebeckwith1623
    @jackiebeckwith1623 2 місяці тому +1

    The Sculptures are Amazing. Cemetery is unbelievably beautiful

  • @louisebran5406
    @louisebran5406 3 місяці тому +1

    If a graveyard could be called beautiful this is it,wow just wow

  • @elizabethnovak4088
    @elizabethnovak4088 3 місяці тому +1

    Priceless sculptures, thanks for taking me on the walk with you, but the sculpture of baby reaching out was rather depressing.

  • @judithrees6919
    @judithrees6919 3 місяці тому +2

    Those Graves were so lovely. Living in the States, I don't see much statuary. The Italians respect their dead. Thank you for a very interesting video ❤

    • @janicem9225
      @janicem9225 Місяць тому +1

      It's more for a show of wealth of the deceased and their family.

  • @amberleighlynch228
    @amberleighlynch228 3 місяці тому +1

    These grave stones were INCREDIBLE....NEVER seen them so amazing like that.

  • @everettwhite9874
    @everettwhite9874 3 місяці тому +1

    Many more recent burial sites seem to focus on the material, however, this cemetery definitely has the focus of a lasting memorial in stone by master sculptors. I’ve never seen works like this. Wow!