Grave with the Hands
Burial monument in Roermond, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grave with the Hands (Dutch: Graf met de handjes, lit. 'Grave with the little hands') is a 19th-century funerary monument in the Dutch city of Roermond. It comprises two almost identical tombstones on either side of a wall separating the Catholic part from the Protestant part of Begraafplaats Nabij de Kapel in 't Zand (Cemetery Near the Chapel in the Sand), each with a carved arm and hand that clasps the other across the wall. The monument marks the graves of Josephina van Aefferden, a Catholic, and Jacobus van Gorkum, a Protestant, who were married in life, but had to be buried in separate sections of the cemetery. It was listed as a rijksmonument (state monument) in 2002.
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Graf met de handjes | |
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Location | Begraafplaats Nabij Kapel in 't Zand, Roermond, Netherlands |
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Type | Funerary monument |
Material | Limestone,[1] sandstone, hardstone[2] |
Completion date | c. 1888 (1888)[3] |
Restored date | 1972,[3] 2015–2016[4][1] |
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