A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries. They were typically built 1–5 mi (1.6–8.0 km) outside of the city, far enough to be separated from the city, but close enough for visitors. They often contain elaborate monuments, memorials, and mausoleums in a landscaped park-like setting.
Landscaping and tree planting at Green-Wood Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York City
1861 engraving showing a plan for a rural cemetery by N. B. Schubarth of Rhode Island, United States
A former Horkanlahti Cemetery in Vehmersalmi (today part of Kuopio), Finland
Grove Street Cemetery entrance gate in New Haven, Connecticut
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Hungary
Cemetery in China
Cemetery in Kavala, Greece
Les Innocents cemetery in 1550.