Greek Necropolis

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Greek Orthodox burial area burial ground cemetery section

Greek Necropolis is a distinct section of West Norwood Cemetery in London that contains elaborate 19th-century Greek Orthodox mausoleums and monuments reflecting the city’s historic Greek community.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek Orthodox burial area ⓘ burial ground ⓘ cemetery section ⓘ
architecturalStyle	19th-century funerary architecture ⓘ neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek diaspora in the United Kingdom ⓘ Greek merchants in London ⓘ
cemeteryType	Victorian cemetery section ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	Greek heritage in London ⓘ
hasFeature	Greek inscriptions ⓘ Orthodox crosses ⓘ elaborate mausoleums ⓘ family vaults ⓘ monuments ⓘ
heritage	Greek community in London ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	English ⓘ Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ West Norwood Cemetery, London ⓘ surface form: West Norwood Cemetery
partOf	West Norwood Cemetery, London ⓘ surface form: West Norwood Cemetery Greek Orthodox section
religion	Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
significance	example of 19th-century Greek Orthodox funerary art in Britain ⓘ reflects historic Greek community in London ⓘ
usedFor	Greek Orthodox funerary rites ⓘ burial of members of London’s Greek community ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Norwood Cemetery, London → hasPart → Greek Necropolis ⓘ

subject surface form: West Norwood Cemetery