“Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so that all who after came there looked on him with wonder; for they saw the grace of his youth, and the valor of his manhood, and the wisdom and majesty of his age were all blended together. And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world“. (Death of Aragorn-The Lord of the Rings-Return of the King-Appendix I)

Dear readers, I have been already introducing you to the beauty of German, and especially Berlin´s cemeteries in one of my previous posts not long time ago: Berlin Cemetery Tour part I… today, going forward with the tour I will show you the second largest Jewish cemetery of Europe: Jüdischer Friedhof Berlin-Weißensee. The Weißensee Cemetery is located in the neighborhood of Weißensee in Berlin. It covers approximately 42 ha (100 acres) and contains approximately 115,000 graves. the cemetery was designed by architect Hugo Licht in the Italian Neorenaissance style and was inaugurated in 1880. It was inaugurated in 1880. The site miraculously survived the Nazism…
The mystic, the classicism echoes and the romantic decadence of this place is unbelievable. A living huge wood dragging you deep into the wildest wild, graves and nature become one in a fusion and syncretism of styles, from classic to romantic, and inspirations. The eternal peace has never been so eternal, silent, forgotten yet alive. The enchanted beauty of this wood, with it´s ancient trees and ivy, the white and black marmors like old ruins, the columns, the monuments and, as contrast, the tiny moss-covered graves lying deep into the nature make the the Weißensee Cemetery the most impressive wood and cemetery I have ever seen. If Tolkien was alive he would have chosen for sure this place as perfect representation of Rivendell, the Elven outpost. Photos can just partly describe the amenity of this site, just the true eyes can enjoy it in its huge complexity…
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Care lettrici e lettori, come ricorderete, non molto tempo addietro, vi ho guidati alla scoperta delle bellezze dei cimiteri tedeschi e in special modo di quelli berlinesi in uno dei miei post precedenti: Berlin Cemetery Tour part I. Oggi, procedendo con il tour, vi presento il secondo cimitero più grande di europa: il cimitero ebraico di Weißensee a Berlino. Il sito, concepito dall´architetto Hugo Licht in stile neoclassico italiano, copre all´incirca 100 acri e contiene approssimativamente 115,000 tombe e monumenti funebri.
La mistica, gli echi classici e la romantica decadenza del cimitero lo rendono meta unica e indimenticabile. Un grande bosco caratterizzato da una vegetazione selvaggia, alberi antichi ed edera corona i monumenti funebri che appaiono come rovine abbandonate di un passato dall´eco classico e nello stesso tempo romantico. Un sincretismo di stili e ispirazioni, marmi bianchi e neri, tombe monumentali e per contrasto piccolissime lapidi ricoperte di muschio giaciono nella fitta vegetazione. La magia di questo connubio tra natura ed architettura rendono il cimitero di Weißensee uno dei siti più affascinanti che abbia mai visitato. Se Tolkien fosse vivo, ritroverebbe in questo luogo la perfetta rappresentazione di Granburrone, l´avamposto elfico. Le foto possono solo parzialmente illustrare l´amenità e la complessità di questo luogo…

Wearing Versace classic black jaket, Denny Rose black pants, and Finerblack chain necklace with ring…