Egyptian Avenue

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Egyptian Avenue is a grand, Egyptian Revival-style funerary passageway in Highgate Cemetery, notable for its monumental stone gateway and atmospheric, tunnel-like avenue of family vaults.

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Egyptian Avenue canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery architectural feature ⓘ
funerary passageway ⓘ
accessRestriction accessible by guided tour only ⓘ
architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival ⓘ
constructionMaterial stone ⓘ
contains rows of family vaults ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasArchitecturalElement Egyptian-style columns ⓘ
architrave with hieroglyphic-style decoration ⓘ
battered walls ⓘ
lotus-bud capitals ⓘ
hasAtmosphere evocative and sepulchral ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance example of 19th-century Egyptian Revival funerary architecture ⓘ
hasEntrance Egyptian-style monumental gateway ⓘ
hasFeature atmospheric passageway ⓘ
family vaults ⓘ
stone gateway ⓘ
hasOrientation sloping, tunnel-like passage ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed structure ⓘ
listed on the National Heritage List for England ⓘ
isPartOf Victorian garden cemetery landscape of Highgate Cemetery ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Highgate Cemetery, London ⓘ
surface form: Highgate Cemetery

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInCemeterySection Highgate Cemetery, London ⓘ
surface form: West Cemetery of Highgate Cemetery
maintainedBy Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust ⓘ
notableFor monumental stone gateway ⓘ
tunnel-like avenue of family vaults ⓘ
ownedBy Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust ⓘ
partOfTourRoute Highgate Cemetery West guided tours ⓘ
period Victorian era ⓘ
usedFor burial vault access ⓘ
funerary purposes ⓘ

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Highgate Cemetery, London → hasFeature → Egyptian Avenue ⓘ
subject surface form: Highgate Cemetery