GLASGOW, Scotland — The 18th-century writer Daniel Defoe called Glasgow “the dear green place,” although it might not feel that way if you’re caught up in the bustle of Sauchiehall Street or logging a ...
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August did not bode well for a visit to the city of the dead. The Necropolis, the great graveyard of Glasgow, should not be visited under bright blue skies and shirt-sleeve temperatures. But never ...
On a cold, windy November day among the graves and tombs of long-gone souls, Annette Mullen is full of life about the future of Glasgow's Necropolis. "The memorial to firefighters who lost their lives ...
Adjacent to the Glasgow Cathedral, the Necropolis is comparatively new, dating back to 1830s, while the cathedral is several hundred years older. Approximately 50,000 people are interred here; not all ...