Cross on top of a gravestone in Hietakylä cemetery, Hamina, Finland

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The Hietakylä Cemetery was established in 1773 outside the fortress walls beside the sea. The earliest surviving headstones date from 1809, the year when the Finnish War ended. The cemetery nowadays also houses an urn cemetery.

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Size: 4207px × 6310px
Location: Hamina, Finland
Photo credit: © Jani-Markus Häsä / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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