The concept of a cemetery as a symbol of a sacred space was borrowed by early Christianity from the Roman tradition, from the translation of the means (resting place). The tendency to locate cemeteries in cities was normal. The Calvary Cemetery has the agglomeration character of the previous requirement. An unusual cemetery is located in New York. It is America's oldest cemetery and the most visited by tourists. On an area of ​​about 150 hectares, there are more than 3 million graves (2020y.) with the remains of famous politicians, actors, leaders and ordinary citizens. The necropolis got its name in honor of the mountain on which the crucifixion of Christ took place. The first burial took place here in the middle of the nineteenth century, while New York was engulfed in a cholera epidemic, and the question of burying several hundred dead became unbearable. Calvary Cemetery is owned by the Roman Catholic Church and is tax-exempt. The graves are laid out here without fencing, the slabs are of the same size, the territory is planted with grass; no photographs of the deceased; graves in equal parts; only outstanding people are buried in the crypts

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