Neuilly-sur-Seine old cemetery
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 54 ″ N , 2 ° 15 ′ 52 ″ E
The old cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine (French: Cimetière ancien de Neuilly ) in the Hauts-de-Seine department is located on "Rue Victor-Noir". The relatively small cemetery is famous for its graves with sculptures, busts and medallions from the 19th century.
history
The cemetery was opened in 1803. It is called the "old cemetery" because it had to be replaced by a larger one. In 1884, the affluent but small-area Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine acquired an area in the neighboring municipality of Puteaux , which was later expanded beyond its municipality to Nanterre . In these two parishes is the new Neuilly cemetery ( Cimetière nouveau de Neuilly ). The old cemetery was officially abandoned on November 7, 1919. However, burials continue to take place there. However, a family vault is a prerequisite for this.
Graves
Among the personalities buried in the cemetery can be found:
- André Bettencourt (1919–2007), politician
- Pierre Drieu la Rochelle (1893–1945), writer
- Anatole France (1844-1924), writer
- Pierre Guillaumat (1909–1991), politician and manager
- Josef Hoëné-Wronski (1776–1853), philosopher and mathematician
- Victor Noir (1848–1870), journalist
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898), painter
- Eugène Schueller (1881–1957) founder of the L'Oréal cosmetics group
- David David-Weill (1871–1952) banker, art collector and patron.
Individual evidence
- ^ Neuilly-sur-Seine - Ancien cimetière Accessed August 22, 2012
- ^ Neuilly-sur-Seine - Nouveau cimetière.Retrieved August 22, 2012
- ↑ w-volk.de: grave of Józef Maria Hoëne Wronski in Neuilly-sur-Seine Accessed on August 16, 2012
