http://img40.echo.cx/img40/7434/cemeteriespoll8un.gif

Introduction:
In Eastern Europe it is an ancient tradition and an obligation for us to remember and treasure our ancestors. For this, we often build extravagent monuments to mark the resting place of our loved ones.

In this thread, we will vote for our favorite cemeteries

Voting Guidelines:

Each member has to vote for exactly five (5) nominees on the list. Do not vote for any less, or any more. There are no exceptions! The votes of whoever chooses to disregard this rule will be omitted from the final count.
Do your best to vote as honestly and fairly as possible, putting all of your biases aside. This does not mean that, for example, you cannot vote for your city/country. It means that you should vote for the nominees that you think truly deserve to be in the top league.
Review all of the pictures posted for the nominations, even if you think you remember all of them from the nominations thread. This will refresh them in your mind, allowing you to make a wiser choice.

Nominees:

Alifakovac Cemetery (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mirogoj Cemetery (Zagreb, Croatia)
Central Cemetery (Szczecin, Poland)
Žale Cemetery (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Rakowice Cemetery (Krakow, Poland)
Lychakiv Cemetery (Lviv, Ukraine)
Old Sephardic Cemetery (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Brethrens Cemetery (Riga, Latvia)
Great Cemetery (Riga, Latvia)
Slavínský Hrbitov (Prague, Czech Republic)
Old Cemetery (Lodz, Poland)
Orlat Cemetery to Polish Soldiers (Lviv, Ukraine)




Alifakovac Cemetery (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
http://img148.echo.cx/img148/211/23655717abc50200013e4do.jpg
http://img295.echo.cx/img295/6643/inatkuca1wk.jpg
http://img148.echo.cx/img148/6766/alifakovac58gd.jpg
http://img148.echo.cx/img148/2682/14hb.jpg
http://img148.echo.cx/img148/8687/alifakovac0yx.jpg
http://img148.echo.cx/img148/5145/alifakovac41zr.jpg

Mirogoj Cemetery (Zagreb, Croatia)
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/8841/mirogojcemetary0iw.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/7596/1936494mirogojzagreb6os.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/2241/171730874ijetgaph4nv.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/7361/arcade27zr.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/7513/mirogojcemetery29mq.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/2909/mirogojdd3oe.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/7862/1518033thecemetarieszagreb1jd.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/7568/5393561tt.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/5615/mirogoj18mk.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/6201/171730741nxpftmph3us.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/2614/1518024thecemetarieszagreb9an.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/5615/171731642kchmpnph6bl.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/7711/arcadeinside6gq.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/1273/mirogoj2wa.jpg
http://img151.echo.cx/img151/8994/dmickazagreb17vs.jpg

Central Cemetery (Szczecin, Poland)
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/7425/kaplica1.jpg
http://www.cezaryskorka.pl/szczecin/pop/1.jpg
http://www.cezaryskorka.pl/szczecin/pop/3.jpg
http://www.cezaryskorka.pl/jesien/pop/16.jpg
http://www.cezaryskorka.pl/jesien/pop/12.jpg
http://www.cezaryskorka.pl/jesien/pop/9.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/9108/0042xc.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/5104/0204tb.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/8113/0111yc.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/2141/0067pv.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/6166/0275ak.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/210/0311qg.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/8837/nopa1003206km.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/4066/0439qm.jpg
http://img270.echo.cx/img270/8043/0484lr.jpg

Žale Cemetery (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
http://www.e-architekt.cz/prispevky/plecnik-hrbitov-1-x.jpg
http://www.destinacije.com/Slike/Slovenija/SpomeniciiGroblja/Plecnikove_Zale-Vrt_Vseh_Svetih.JPG
http://www.destinacije.com/Slike/Slovenija/SpomeniciiGroblja/Pokopalisce_Zale.JPG
http://www.burger.si/Ljubljana/VR3/Zale/Slika_Zale.jpg
http://neviditelnypes.cz/shtml/architekt04/0525lublan/plecnik-zale.jpg
http://architronic.saed.kent.edu/v4n2/pix/v4n2.02hc.jpg

Rakowice Cemetery (Krakow, Poland)
http://www.wawel.net/images/styczen_2005/krakow_moje/cmentarze/4.jpg
http://www.wawel.net/images/listopad_2004/cmentarze/3.jpg
http://www.wawel.net/images/cmentarze/kwiecien2003/1.jpg
http://www.wawel.net/images/listopad_2004/cmentarze/14.jpg
http://www.wawel.net/images/maj_2003/cmentarz/2.jpg
http://www.kki.pl/lech/kult/cmrakow/images/cmrak11.jpg
http://www.kki.pl/lech/kult/cmrakow/images/cmrak03.jpg
http://www.wawel.net/images/cmentarze/marzec2003/20.jpg http://forum.gamedesire.net/jubi/i/angels2002/images/Cmentarz-Rakowicki-19.jpg
http://www.zck-krakow.pl/cmentarze/rakowice/kaplica1.jpg

Lychakiv Cemetery (Lviv, Ukraine)
http://www.pernille-kennet.dk/images/Ukraine/kirkegard_Lviv.jpg
http://www.pernille-kennet.dk/images/Ukraine/grave.jpg
http://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/graphics/ukraine2004/ukr-cemetery-10.jpghttp://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/graphics/ukraine2004/ukr-cemetery-11.jpg
http://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/graphics/ukraine2004/ukr-cemetery-12.jpghttp://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/graphics/ukraine2004/ukr-cemetery-13.jpg
http://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/graphics/ukraine2004/ukr-cemetery-14.jpghttp://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/graphics/ukraine2004/ukr-cemetery-15.jpg
http://www.travel-2-ukraine.com/photos/lv_img/20.jpghttp://www.travel-2-ukraine.com/photos/lv_img/9.jpghttp://www.travel-2-ukraine.com/photos/lv_img/22.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3135.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3077.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3076.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3063.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3060.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3058.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3057.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3054.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3053.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3047.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3046.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3045.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3043.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3038.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3023.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/187.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/40.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/37.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/35.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/32.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/30.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/28.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/27.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/22.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/20.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/18.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/17.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/14.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/13.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/12.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/1.jpg

Old Sephardic Cemetery (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
http://img264.echo.cx/img264/5052/sinagoga29mj.jpg
http://www.bh.org.il/swj/Croatia%20and%20Serbia/008%20Croatia%20and%20Serbia/08_N63A-12-Sarajevo-cem-mon.jpg
http://img264.echo.cx/img264/2383/sephardiccemetery2wd.jpg
http://userpages.wittenberg.edu/kdoubt/Sarajevo/david7.jpg
http://img297.echo.cx/img297/963/18kd.jpg
http://img297.echo.cx/img297/9494/15wg.jpg
http://img297.echo.cx/img297/6598/15ol.jpg
http://img166.echo.cx/img166/7327/13ko.jpg
http://img166.echo.cx/img166/3381/19xv1.jpg

Brethrens Cemetery (Riga, Latvia)
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/9547/bralukapuieeja29jul047xi.jpg
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/9356/bralukapiziedi29jul045xb.jpg
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/5012/bralukapigalskulpturas29jul040.jpg
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/4904/bralukapispilsetas29jul046ri.jpg

Great Cemetery (Riga, Latvia)
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/9362/lieliekapi223apr040si.jpg
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/5645/lieliekapikaplicas23apr044im.jpg
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/8639/lieliekapikaplica223apr040zx.jpg
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/827/kapupiemineklimierakapos29mai0.jpg

Slavínský Hrbitov (Prague, Czech Republic)
http://www.prague-hotel.org/pictures/foto/268A.jpg
http://www.prague-hotel.org/pictures/foto/268B.jpg
http://www.prague-hotel.org/pictures/foto/268C.jpg

Old Cemetery (Lodz, Poland)
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/5214/20bq.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/3585/39bh.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/9805/det31ea.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/3715/dsc000020iu.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/2376/dsc000052lt.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/6948/dsc000172gk.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/1049/dsc000266kk.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/4651/dsc004712zi.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/3610/dsc004735jc.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/733/dsc005394zi.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/7933/dsc010148he.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/3306/st0068hd.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/5213/st0082rm.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/3631/st0196it.jpg
http://img32.echo.cx/img32/1606/st0295cc.jpg

Orlat Cemetery to Polish Soldiers (Lviv, Ukraine)
http://pakt.om.pttk.pl/galeria/czarnohora/images/31%20Cmentarz%20Orlat.jpg
http://mtb.radom.com.pl/Fotki/zyga12/64%20kwatera%20Orlat%20Lwowskich.JPG
http://www.piotr-szczepanski.org/lwow/grafika/lyczakow/panorama-orlat.jpg
http://zoch5.republika.pl/images/Lwow/Cmentarz_orlat4.jpg
http://zoch5.republika.pl/images/Lwow/Cmentarz_orlat1.jpg
http://zoch5.republika.pl/images/Lwow/Cmentarz_Orlat2.jpg
http://zoch5.republika.pl/images/Lwow/Cmentarz_Orlat3.jpg
http://zoch5.republika.pl/images/Lwow/Cmentarz_orlat5.jpg
http://osiedle.biskupin.net/pictures/640x512/pomnik_orlat_lwowskich_640x512.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/crowns/chrzanovia/zabytki/cmorlat.gif
http://www.top.turystyka.pl/programy/zdjecia/lwow11CmentarzOrlat.jpg

Note: I allowed a 3rd entry from Poland - Lodz, simply because we had space. This will not be a usual thing, so DO NOT submit more than 3 entries, please. Discuss it with your peers, and decide on BEST 2!

P.S. Sorry for all the Lviv pics. ;) I searched for them for a long time, and I didn't want to waste too many.

This is by far the hardest poll for me.

Btw. I think you should post few more pictures of Lychakiv Cemetery (Lviv, Ukraine), because the 50 pictures are just not enough. I would appreciate if you could just add few dozen more, to make it a little more sufficient. Thanks in advance. :roll:

Wow I find it odd the Jewish cemetery in Praha didn't get nominated

Is everyone too depressed to vote for Cemeteries? :dunno:

Orlat Cemetery in Lviv is just a part of Lychakiv Cemetery, so it shouldn't be treated as a separate one.

Orlat Cemetery in Lviv is just a part of Lychakiv Cemetery, so it shouldn't be treated as a separate one.
They're treated as different complexes, and everyone treats them as seperate.

just bumping the thread up so that it gets more votes, as there are only 23 voters thus far.

just bumping the thread up so that it gets more votes, as there are only 23 voters thus far.

Hmmm, I wonder why people aren't voting on this poll. Under 30 votes, while the other poll this week has twice that much. One forumer told me that cemeteries depress him, so maybe more people feel that way.

I think it's just because since the squares poll was talked about quite a bit, people didn't realize there was a second poll, that being the cemeteries... plus maybe some ppl get depressed by it...

yea, this poll kinda made me depressed. but when i saw those sculptures in the Lychakiv Cemetery I was just amazed.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/iMariah/3053.jpg
btw, is this ^ sculpture of that famous Polish opera singer that died on stage while performing?

I'll be doing the corrections in the votes tonight... so if you made a mistake make sure you let me know so I don't have to delete your vote(s). ;)

And because there were only 35 voters in this poll... the 23 votes I had to remove had a pretty big impact... results should be posted within the next few days

Just wanted to add that some of the Lviv Lychakiv photos are courtesy of www.pernille-kennet.dk
People don't know how to put copyright information on their page. ;)

^did you get a complaint?

This is such a sad poll. Thank god our country is not in it