The southern Cemetery of Tournai (BE) was founded in 1784, a few months after the release of Joseph II’s edict, which prohibited the burial of bodies “in cities and villages”. This necropolis has lived many symbolically charged historical moments; it is a witness to the precious work of stone craftsmen.
The placement of the tombs inside the cemetery depends on the social class of the citizen and his relatives; little has been left of the burials of the less well-to-do families.
What amazed me the most about this cemetery is the close and indissoluble relationship between the dead bodies and nature. The graves are broken, open, there is ivy everywhere, there are even cats that enter the holes in the family tombs. A gloomy and at the same time fascinating view.
Address: Chaussée de Willemeau 135, 7500 Tournai, Belgium
Tombe
2017,
mixed media on paper,
32 x 23 cm.
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