Morning of the Living Dead 🍻 for #spookysaturday

This evening I have for you a translated passage (I did my best! 😂) from Alessandro Cervellati's - Certosa Bianco e Verde (1967). This book is filled with anecdotes and stories about UNESCO world heritage site - "La Certosa", Bologna's Monumental Cemetery. Here is one of them:

"Popular tradition has no anecdotes concerning ghosts in our Certosa. But incredible things have happened all the same: On 7 August 1925, some women who had gone to the Certosa spotted a black stain in a recess in the underground area to the west around 10.15 a.m. : It was a dead man who, by mysterious chance, had not been yet buried. The Sir. Bernardi, the Certosa custodian, the priest Augusto Bastelli and two municipal guards rushed in. As the priest was about to give him absolution, they realised that the dead man was breathing, and indeed, with a yawn, he was coming back to life: in fact, he was a certain Antonio B., a resident of Via Sant'Apollonia, who declared: in order to enjoy the cool air, after a few stately drinks, he had found nothing better than to be locked up in the cemetery and find himself an ideal bed in a tomb in the Certosa". 💤 ✨

(The statue was sculpted by Bolognese Carlo Monari and is of Enea Cocchi. He died at the age of 18 in 1867.)
#photography #amateurphotography #cemetery #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #funny #story #literature #alessandrocervellati #bologna #italia #statue #italy #spookyvibes #europe #cimitero #statua #unesco

Mousey the Rat 🐁 for #fotovorschlag "Tiere (ohne Hund/Katze)" / "Animals (Without dogs/cats)"

While roaming through the Monumental Cemetery in Ferrara we came upon this cute little custodian! They seemed very friendly and happy to see us, so we left them a little snack (oats and nuts). Looks can be deceiving and we believed that they were a mouse until we saw their impressive tail - so we named them Mousey the Rat! ✨

#photography #amateurphotography #animal #rat #cute #cemetery #snacks #ferrara #tail #mouse #rodent #city #urban #grave #moody #evening #italy #cimitero #monumentale #old #topo #ratto #pantegana

Il Monumento Ossario ai Caduti della Grande Guerra for #silentsunday

#photography #amateurphotography #tomb #statue #art #cemetery #architecture #ossuary #war #ww1 #bologna #city #urban #grave #moody #evening #shadows #history #italy #cimitero #monumentale #marble #old #monument #memory

Cherub for #silentsunday

#photography #amateurphotography #nature #italia #italy #bologna #statue #cemetery #cimitero #cherub #moss

"Death is A Door" for #doorsday

"Death is only an old door
Set in a garden wall
On gentle hinges it gives, at dusk
When the thrushes call
Along the lintel are green leaves
Beyond the light lies still;
Very willing and weary feet
Go over that sill
There is nothing to trouble any heart;
Nothing to hurt at all.
Death is only a quiet door.
In an old wall."
- Nancy Byrd Turner (1880-1971)

Cemeteries are incredible testaments to how much people love one another. Every brick laid, every statue carved, every flower left, is an act of love for someone who has slipped away into the next room.
Hugs and warm wishes to you all. ♥️🫂✨

#photography #amateurphotography #tomb #statue #art #cemetery #love #door #passageway #poem #poetry #bologna #city #urban #grave #moody #dark #history #italy #cimitero #monumentale #marble #old #monument #death #memory