THE ARCHITECTURE OF DEATH - Tombs and Mausolea
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Thu, 20th Oct 2016 @ 19:30 - 21:30
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19:30 - 21:30
A Salon in the Cemetery with Gavin Stamp and Brian Parsons
To be interred in a mausoleum seems to have been a posthumous status symbol for just about every autocratic ruler in history: from the original mausoleum of king Mausolus in Halicarnassus in the 4th Century BC - one of the Seven Wonders of the World - to the granite bunker in which Vladimir Ilych Lenin lies in state in Red Square in Moscow. Mausolea enjoyed particular popularity in Victorian times, which marked a golden age in the celebration of death. GAVIN STAMP discusses the place of the mausoleum in the Architecture of Death.
London’s burial capacity had to be rapidly expanded in the nineteenth century as the capital's population grew. The first raft of new cemeteries, dubbed the ‘Magnificent Seven’ was opened in locations such as Brompton, Kensal Green, Highgate and Abney Park by private companies, before being joined by various Burial Board (local authority) cemeteries. However, the need for new burial space continued into the twentieth century and remains with us today. BRIAN PARSONS will explore the somewhat overlooked cemeteries that opened in and around the capital from 1900.
Each ticket includes a delightful gin cocktail and a 20% donation towards a host of restoration projects at Highgate Cemetery.
About the Speakers:
Gavin Stamp is an architectural historian. He is an honorary professor at the Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge, and an honorary fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Institute of British Architects. He has a long-standing interest in Victorian cemeteries and in war memorials. He is the author of "The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme", amongst other books.
Brian Parsons has worked in the funeral industry as a director and embalmer since 1982. He is the co-author (with Hugh Meller) of "London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer". He is also the author of "Committed to the Cleansing Flame: The Development of Cremation in Nineteenth Century England and The Undertaker at work: 1900-1950."
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Architecture of Death Ticket
Includes a delightful gin cocktail
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19:30 - 21:30 | £12.00 |
Location
Address
The Chapel, Highgate Cemetery West, Swain's Lane, Highgate, N6 6PJ
Nearest Station
Archway (Tube)
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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