A roadside plaque caught my eye as we drove back from the southernmost tip of Croatia to Dubrovnik airport. I had to stop. ChatGPT tells me it translates as “LEST…
Partizansko groblje u Mostaru (Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar) is a tad surreal. Under the direction of architect Bogdan Bogdanović, work began on the necropolis in 1959 to commemorate Yugoslav…
Since visiting Sarajevo back in 2015, Mostar has been on my list of cities to visit. There are some 114 cemeteries listed in the area. Not surprising, really, given the…
There’s a cemetery in Msida, Malta that looks out across the water where the locals serve strawberries and cream in the summer. It has topped my list of best views…
Having climbed Apparition Hill at dawn, we were heading back into town when I spotted this cemetery. Drawn to it for some reason, we stopped. It wasn’t the statuary –…
At the end of the much-touted (and somewhat overrated) Tram 28 in Lisbon, sits Cemitério dos Prazeres. Founded in 1833 after an outbreak of cholera, the cemetery is all about…
Tucked behind an old gated wall lies the local cemetery in Bibinje, one of Croatia’s best-kept secrets. According to the 2011 census, the town is home to fewer than 4,000…
On our way to Vila Praia de Âncora, we happened upon Igreja de São Martinho (St Martin’s Church), with its wonderful tile depiction of the iconic moment when St Martin…
The DN1, the road between Brașov and Predeal, is littered with hairpin turns, white-knuckle bends that had me channelling my inner Rosemary Smith. I spotted a cemetery off to the…
