Loyasse Cemetery (french: Cimetière de Loyasse) is a

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 buri ...

in the city of

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. The cemetery is located on the

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hill in the western part of the city, not far away from the

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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 ...

, architect of the

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Ferdinand Ferber Louis Ferdinand Ferber (8 February 1862 – 22 September 1909) was a French Army officer who played an important role in the development of aviation during the early 1900s. Although his aircraft experiments were belatedly successful, his early ...

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

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Édouard Herriot Édouard Marie Herriot (; 5 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister (1924–1925; 1926; 1932) and twice as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He led the f ...

(1872–1957), French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as

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* Létiévant (1830–1884), French surgeon remembered for drawing the first aesthesiography. *

Nizier Anthelme Philippe Nizier Anthelme Philippe (25 April 1849, Le Rubathier, Loisieux, Savoy, France – 2 August 1905, L'Arbresle, Rhône, France) was a reputed healer and miracle worker. Biography Philippe was born the son of peasants. His mother was Marie Vachod ...

(1849–1905) * Jean-Pierre Pléney *

Jean-Baptiste Willermoz Jean-Baptiste Willermoz (10 July 1730 – 29 May 1824) was a French Freemason and Martinist who played an important role in the establishment of various systems of Masonic high-degrees in his time in both France and Germany. Biography Jean- ...

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

Sources

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