Halloween Countdown, Day 16

[eldritchhobbit]

These photos capture the same remarkable grave, the Montanari family tomb at the Certosa di Bologna in northern Italy, in two different seasons/states. The Certosa di Bologna formerly was a Carthusian monastery, which was founded in 1334 and suppressed in 1797. In 1801, it became the city’s Monumental Cemetery, visited and praised by the likes of Lord Byron.



"You are a little soul carrying around a corpse."
- Epictetus


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Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Gosh, she doesn't look happy to be dead either, does she... not a grave I'd like to come across on a dark foggy night, to be honest - she looks like it would only need the slightest excuse...! *g*

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Seriously! She's far more effective as a guard than a gargoyle, I'd say.

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

So is the afterlife boring or aggravating? She looks really irritated and disgruntled, like she's about to chuck those stone flowers at someone!

Do you happen to know if there are multiple of the same figure on the tomb (say front and back), or if the vine had been cleared off or allowed to grow behind her?

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Good question! I wouldn't want to meet her on a dark night, in a cemetery or anywhere else!

I believe she's the only figure like that on the tomb. The cleared/cleaned photo is far more recent than the vine-covered one, so I'm guessing it represents the current, more manicured view.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

she looks ticked off

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yes! She gives me a bit of a chill.

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

She's got way more personality than most statues. She looks seriously ticked off. I like her. :D

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

I agree! I think she could hold her own against weeping angels any day of the week. ;)

pissed

[(Anonymous)]

Agree! she really looks pissed in the summer/fall photo.

Re: pissed

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yes, she's not a happy camper!