Pilot Studies
Pilot Study 1: Cemetery of Agios Georgios in Perivolia, Rethymnon
Historical
Background
Date: It was built before the date of 1826.
Monument: Grave of “Tesseris Martires”
(executed by Turks on the 28 of Oct. 1824).
Graveyard
Number of graves: 367 in almost straight rows.
Type of graves: Built Graves: 332 Communal Graves: 35
Ossuaries: 3
Built Graves (Family Tombs)
Type: Rectangular Graves
Consists of: a plaque, a little box (with photo/s of the dead/s,
a small “oil-lamp”, icon & flowers) & a cross.
Communal Graves
Type: Simple rectangular cists.
Consists of: 3 rectangular cement plaques stamped with lime.
Data and Information regarding the built tombs
Name of the owner of the tomb
Names of the deceased (In each grave can be the
relics of more than one persons)
Date
of birth (occasionally)
Date of death
Age (occasionally)
Profession
Photos
Lyrics or notice for the dead
Pilot Study 2: Muslim cemetery in Komotini (NE of the town), Northern Greece Cemetery of Yeni Mahalle
Number of Graves: There are 784 graves
Graves made of: Marble, cement or stones
Orientation: Towards Mecca
Grave´s Alphabet: One of the two headstones is
written in Arabic alphabet &
the other in modern Turkish
alphabet.
Some graves have both
headstones in the Arabic.
Information regarding the tombs
Number of graves
Description of graves
Name of the deceased
Date of birth
Date of death
Age of the deceased
Cause of death
Profession
Residence & Origin
Pilot Study 3: “Deutsche Soldaten Friedhof”, Maleme, Chania, West
Crete
Officially opened by the German ex-officer Gericke, 1974
Number of Graves: There are 4,465 burials
Burials of Germans who lost their lives at Maleme
Re-located burials: Germans who were initially buried:
a) in mass graves in the NW sector of Heraklion airport,
b) in front of the chapel at Galatas near Chania
c) in the cemetery of the German parachutists fallen in Heraklion
Headstones: They are in fact tablets laid flat on the ground, one
tablet for two men. At intervals, there are also small stone crosses.
Description of graves
Name of the deceased
Date of death
Age of the deceased
Rank of the deceased
