St. Eugene Cemetery
St. Eugene Cemetery ( ar, سانت يوجين مقبرة) is one of the most famous cemeteries in Algeria. It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the Communes of Algeria, commune of Bologhine. Covering an area of 14.5 hectares, it lies at the foot of Notre Dame d'Afrique, and is maintained by twenty employees In 2012, the President of the French Republic François Hollande visited it. It comprises tombs of numerous Algerian notables and it is one of the most preferred place for actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets). It also includes the tombs of several scientists, academicians and sportspeople. Notable interments *Alexandre Fourchault *Fernand Yveton *630 French soldiers in a military square of the two wars where the tombs are grouped into Army Corps specialties. *Queen Ranavalona III. She will, however, be unearthed in 1938. *Victimes of the :fr:fusillade de la rue d'Isly, Isly street ...
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