Headstones of rich captains in cemetery of St Clemence church on German North Sea island of Amrum


The adventures of the mariners who sailed from here to seek their fortunes on the high seas in the 17th and 18th centuries are carved in dense writing on the 91 headstones, some more than two metres high.


Size: 5379px × 3573px
Location: Nebel Amrum Germany
Photo credit: © Germany Images David Crossland / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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