Metropolitan Sepulchre

The Metropolitan Sepulchre was a massive pyramidal necropolis proposed for construction in Primrose Hill in London in the 19th century as a way of addressing the shortage of burial space in the London area. Designed by the architect Thomas Willson, it would have been 90 stories high, and capable of holding up to five million dead.[1][2]

It was never built, and the need for it was supplanted by the creation of a ring of "garden cemeteries" around London.

References

  1. ↑ Kriston Capps (9 March 2015). "Now More Than Ever, London Needs a 'Death Pyramid'". Citylab.
  2. ↑ "The landmark buildings that never were". BBC News. 24 July 2012.

See also

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