Follies · London
Karl Marx Original Grave
In or near Tyburn.
Karl Marx Original Grave — Tomb in Highgate Cemetery, London.
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About
Karl Marx Original Grave is a folly in london. Established 1956. (Tomb in Highgate Cemetery, London.) According to Wikipedia: "The Tomb of Karl Marx is in the Eastern cemetery of Highgate Cemetery, North London, England. It is the burial site of Karl Marx, his wife Jenny von Westphalen, and other members of Marx's family. Originally buried in a different part of the Eastern cemetery, the bodies were disinterred and reburied at their present location in 1954. The tomb was designed by Laurence Bradshaw and it was unveiled in 1956, in a ceremony led by Harry Pollitt, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, which funded the memorial."
- Coordinates
- 51.5657, -0.1437
- Established
- 1956
Sources
- osm: n5233380323 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Tomb of Karl Marx (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Karl Marx grave at the Highgate Cemetery.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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