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st. marx cemetery, vienna (7) - april 25, 2011
st. marx (from markus, not from karl marx!) is a former graveyard in vienna's third district. it was in use between 1784 and 1874, when it was abandoned with the opening of vienna's "central cemetery". st. marx cemetery is famous for two things - (a) the abundance of lilac bushes, which are a spectacular sight in spring, and (b) the grave of famous composer wolfgang amadeus mozart, who was buried here in 1791. today, the cemetery is a park open to the public and visited by many tourists and natives every day.
lid of an old family vault overgrown with ivy and sprinkled with the petals of spring flowers.
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@Pavan Kaul: thanks again, pavan!
@Stefan: vielen dank, stefan, und noch einen schönen sonntag!
@PRASHANT: appreciate it, prashant!
@Francisco Romero: gracias, francisco! we believe that some things are for ever, but the ravages of time tell us a different story. only nature itself is timeless, it seems! ;-))
@Richard: cheers, richard!
@Roman: danke, roman! ist nicht gerade ein muttertagbild, aber ... ;-))
@CElliottUK: thank you, chris!
@Ioanaz: thank you very much, ioana! so happy you like it!
@Nicou: merci, nicou!
@J.R.: yes, do, by all means! i'd like to know more about japanese cemeteries!
@Tomek: much appreciated, tomek, thank you!
@Judy aka L@dybug: thanks, judy! don't you have covered stone vaults in the usa?!?
@Don: thank you, don!
@El pare: thanks, manel, and that's so true! i've even seen "photos" of what the world might look like 1000 years after the "end of mankind" - and even new york looks very different from today ... ;-))
@Jason Politte: thank you, jason! time and nature will do away with many of man's follies, i'm sure ...
@Oleg: thanks, oleg!
@Marilla: thanks for the positive feedback, marilla, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
@Steve Rice: thanks, steve! perhaps it was removed once or twice over the years, who knows?
@Marta Mateu: gracias, marta!
@Williams: thanks, paul! we wouldn't want to lift that lid, would we?!?
@Rosa Frei - Photo Emotions: danke, rosa! wird wohl nicht so viel efeu geben in marokko ... ;-))
@rainboy: thank you, rainboy, appreciate it!
@AMH: gracias, alejandra! the rings are for raising the lid when another member of the family was buried. the lid covers the vault, and if you want to get in, you have to lift it. so you fix cables to the rings and lift it with the help of a crane! un besito!
@Rick: thanks, rick! if we allow nature its way, the works of man will all end in this way ... a reassuring or a horrible thought ?!?
@Denny Jump Photo: cheers, denny!
@Becky: thanks for the positive feedback, becky!
@klausZ: danke, klaus! was du lobenswert findest, findet meine frau manchmal lästig! ;-)) wenn wir irgendwo unterwegs sind und ich ständig stehen bleibe um zu fotografieren, meint sie oft "was gibt's denn da zu sehen? da ist ja nichts!" und das werden dann halt solche fotos die erst - wie du's erwähnst - im technisch vorgegebenen format ihre wirkung entfalten. (schön formuliert übrigens! ;-)) lg und nochmals dank!
