Overlooking Glasgow Cathedral sits the Necropolis. During the Victorian era, there was a focus to demonstrate power and wealth in death as well as life. There are reportedly approximately 55,000 people buried here. Not all of the graves have stones. There are however, 3,100 monuments and large headstones that highlight the Story of Glasgow through this period and into the early part of the 1900's. There are tombs, Monuments, sculptures and mausoleums. I was surprised that there were no sculptures of angles but having read up about it, those types of sculptures were not introduced until much later. Some of the hand carved marble is simply stunning and I shudder to think of the cost back in those days when simply moving it from one place to another seems like an impossible task. In some old cemeteries, there can be a feeling of unease but with it's high viewpoint and winding paths, the Necropolis draws out feelings of peacefulness and dare I say, contentment.