Last week we looked at a few of the older graves from the Tolsteeg cemetery. Let’s continue our tour of Tolsteeg through the newer sections, so that we can compare. There are, of course, more flowers on 3 year old graves than there are on 73 year old graves, and...
The Tolsteeg cemetery in Utrecht is a huge cemetery that opened in the early 1930s. It has been in continuous use since then. Today I will show you around some of the older sections. In the next posts we will look at a few recent graves, so that we can see how...
Over the last two weeks, we visited relatively modern cemeteries in Nieuwegein, a new town. Today, I want to show you a very old grave. This is the tomb of Guy van Avesnes, who died almost seven centuries ago. Guy, born c.1253, came from an important family. His...
For centuries, the dead were buried in and around the church. The graves around the Domkerk church in Utrecht have long disappeared, but inside there are still quite a few interesting objects. Near the entrance, behind the baptismal font, is the grave of Johannes...
