Best Cemeteries From Around the World

In honor of Halloween and Day of the Dead, the BBC released a list of some of the world’s best cemeteries. The winning cemeteries are listed below, in no particular order:

1. Cimitière du Montparnasse, Paris 
2. Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles 
3. Waverley Cemetery, Sydney 
4. Capuchin Cemetery, Rome 
5. Pyramids of Giza, Cairo 
6. Panteón Civil de Dolores, Mexico City 
7. Cementerio de la Recoleta, Buenos Aires 
8. Highgate Cemetery, London 
9. Poets’ Mausoleum, Tabriz

See Samantha Wilson, The World’s Best Cemeteries, BBC Travel, October 31, 2011.

Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.