The Glasgow Necropolis

The first position on the list of the most beautiful historical sites in Glasgow is Glasgow Necropolis. It is located in In Glasgow, Scotland. To the east of Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo's Cathedral), it is located on a small but noticeable hill. These grounds contain the graves of 50,000 people. Typical for the time, hardly every burial has a stone, and only a tiny percentage of those are named on memorials. There are about 3,500 monuments here.

The Necropolis was first an arboretum and park on the Wester Crags property in the early 19th century. The Merchants' House of Glasgow founded the site in 1831 with the goal of reflecting the riches and splendor of Glasgow at the time. Up until 1966, when The Merchant's House turned the Necropolis over to Glasgow City Council, the burial grounds were managed privately.

The Necropolis is kept up well, making it simple to locate gothic monuments and famous graves, such as those of William Miller (author of the poem Wee Willie Winkie), industrialist Charles Tennant, brewery founder Hugh Tennent, a Gypsy King, and a Celtic Cross headstone created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scotland's most well-known architect).

There are guided walking tours of this 37-acre cemetery where you may learn a lot about the renowned persons interred there and tales about the peculiarities of various graves.

Location: Castle St, Glasgow G4 0UZ, Scotland