Loyasse Cemetery (french: Cimetière de Loyasse) is a

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in the city of

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. The cemetery is located on the Fourvière hill in the western part of the city, not far away from the

Metallic tower of Fourvière The Tour métallique de Fourvière ("Metallic tower of Fourvière"), a landmark of Lyon, France, is a steel framework tower which bears a striking resemblance to the Eiffel Tower, which predates it by three years. With a height of 85.9 metres (28 ...

and

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. It is the 'richer' cemetery of Lyon, when compared with the Cimetière de La Guillotière, with elaborate graves in various architectural styles.

Notable interments

Pierre Bossan Pierre-Marie Bossan (23 July 1814, in Lyon – 23 July 1888, in La Ciotat) was a French historicist architect, a pupil of Henri Labrouste, specialising in ecclesiastical architecture. Life and work In 1844 he was appointed architect to the di ...

, architect of the

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* Ferdinand Ferber (1862–1909), French aviator. * Émile Guimet (1836–1918), founder of the

Guimet Museum The Guimet Museum (full name in french: Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet; MNAAG; ) is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the Nation ...

* Édouard Herriot (1872–1957), French

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politician of the Third Republic who served three times as

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Létiévant Jean Joseph Emile Létiévant (1830 in Marboz (Ain Department), Lyons – 1884) was a French surgeon remembered for drawing the first aesthesiography. Biography Jean Joseph Emile Létiévant studied medicine in Lyons, Montpellier and Paris. In ...

(1830–1884), French surgeon remembered for drawing the first aesthesiography. * Nizier Anthelme Philippe (1849–1905) * Jean-Pierre Pléney * Jean-Baptiste Willermoz

Sources

* Pelletier, Jean, nd: ''Connaître son arrondissement: le 5e'', pp. 58–50. Éditions lyonnaise d'art et d'histoire

External links

Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs (Philippe Landru): Lyon (69): cimetière de Loyasse

Lyon municipal website: Cimetière de Loyasse ancien

Lyon municipal website: Cimetière de Loyasse nouveau
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loyasse Cemetery 5th arrondissement of Lyon Cemeteries in Lyon

Notable interments

See also

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