Expedition Site 6, Expedition 8, June 5th 2009, Belgium

Memorable tombstones, engorged by plants, Neo-gothic mausoleums and graveyard sculptures, decorated with winding ivy give the cemetery an unknown beauty and charm. This cemetery is part of the richest of the Brussels commonwealth. Richest in regards to heritage and symbols, as well as in vegetation. The visitor finds a fairly complete illustration of the major streams in our surroundings, from the end of the 19^th century up until the second world war.

Here, works of Victor Horta, Homère Goossens, Paul Dubois, Auguste Puttemans and many others can be found. Also famous characters as the families Lambert and Errera, Isabelle Gatti de Gamond, Paul Hankar, Charles Woeste, Hergé or Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar are put to grave here. In the rear of the cemetery are the Jewish graves that are noticeable particularly by the great soberness of the graves.
The cemetery can also be called picturesque by its remarkable location in a hilly area with a view over a valley.

Due to the fact that the cemetery isn’t in use for quite a while a peculiar wildlife has formed on the cemetery. In 1993 no less than 200 different species of flowers were counted. Wild and at time real rare specimens have crossed with the ornamental flowers that once surrounded and bordered the graves. Those ornamental flowers (approximately 60 different ones) were chosen back then because of their flourish period or resistant leaf growth).

The tombstones, with their different chemical properties, enhance the development of moss and other rather rare other moss crusts. With a little bit of luck, perhaps you’ll see, hidden behind decayed stones, a red frog hiding from a sparrow-hawk, you might see a green and spotted woodpecker flying from tree to tree, accompanied by a red squirrel or his Korean nephew…

Not much to report actually as just when I was off work, I went round to visit that place. It's a public place so perhaps it's not really an urbex per se, but still I think it's worth being called urbex.
Anyways, on my way home from work friday, I passed by this cemetery to go shooting some pics...
I only had about 40 minutes as the cemetery was about to close... 

 Enjoy!