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Cemetery Of Notre-Dame, Versailles
The Cemetery of Notre-Dame, Versailles (french: Cimetière Notre-Dame), is a cemetery in Versailles (city), Versailles, Yvelines, France, near the Palace of Versailles. It was established by the Church of Notre-Dame, Versailles, church and parish of Notre-Dame in 1777, and covers three hectares. The postal address is 15 Rue des Missionnaires. Besides quantities of burials of aristocrats, members of religious orders and people of artistic or historic interest, there is also an enclosed section for soldiers of the Prussian army who fell during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. Notable burials * :fr:Félix Antoine Appert (1817–1891), general * :fr:Jean-François Chiappe (1931–2001), historian * Jeanne Potot de Commarmond (1779–1866), second wife of André-Marie Ampère * Émile Deschamps (1791–1871), poet (his tomb is anonymous, with only the inscription: ''Ci-gît un poète'' - "Here lies a poet") * Édouard Louis Dubufe, Louis-Édouard Dubufe (1819–1883), painter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
