Cimetière de Pamplemousses

Cemetery gate

The Cimetière de Pamplemousses (Eng .: Cemetery of Pamplemousses) also cimetière des Blancs (Cemetery of the Whites) is the Catholic cemetery of Pamplemousses on Mauritius .

graveyard

Opposite the church is the town's (Christian) cemetery. A large number of family graves, some of which were elaborately built, characterize the place. The oldest grave dates from 1748. A number of historically significant people are buried here. Five grave monuments are under monument protection:

image	Surname	location	description
0	Abbé Buonvanita	0	Antoine Buonvanita was Napoleon Bonaparte's chaplain on St. Helena.
	Adrien d'Épinay		Adrien d'Épinay was head of the Comité Colonial in Mauritius. He led the negotiations on the compensation of the planters after the abolition of slavery in 1832 and got the crown to pay compensation of 2,112,642 pounds for this. He was the founder of the first bank in Mauritius, the Banque de Maurice .
0	René Magon de La Villebague	0	René Magon de La Villebague was French governor of the Isle de France and Isle Bourbon and died on April 30, 1768 at the age of 56.
0	Charles Planel	0	0
	Charles Thomi Pitot de La Beaujardière		Charles Thomi Pitot de La Beaujardière (1779-1821) was a writer and in 1806 was the founder of a literary circle La Table ovale . He was also politically active in the island's colonial council.

The graves from the French colonial era

The French colonial graves are the oldest in the cemetery. Three of these graves date from the 18th century. The tombstones from this period are made of stone and have no sculptures or decorations, just simple engravings (the only exception is the grave of Jacques Leblanc). Due to the age, the state of preservation is sometimes poor. The notable tombs are given in the list below. In addition, there are 23 other graves from the French colonial era, which have been identified, but only consist of unadorned gravestones or plaques.

image	Surname	year	Grave no.	annotation
0	Dominique Arietti	1748	A 96	The oldest preserved grave contains the priest of the Mission Dominique Arietti
0	René Magon de La Villebague	1778	A 158	René Magon de La Villebague was French governor of the Isle de France and Isle Bourbon and died on April 30, 1768 at the age of 56.
0	Viscount Robert D'Houdetot	1792	A 59
0	Victor Perdreau	1802	A 1802
0	Jaques Gaspard Besnard	1804	B 1804
0	YES Bax	1805	J36
0	Marie Léonide Mallet	1806	I 100
0	Jacques Leblanc	1808	C 203	This grave is the only one of the named ones to have an engraving
0	Félix Albert Pitching	1809	C9
0	Jean Nicolas Céré	1810	J3
0	Henry Crompton	1810	C 94	The oldest preserved grave of an Englishman in the cemetery

More graves

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  Grave of Emmelina de Carcenac (full name: Marie Louise Antoniette Emelina), † 1857, wife of Gustave Adolphe Autard de Bragard. She is the model of the "dame créole" in the famous poem by Charles Baudelaire . The headstone was created by the stonemason Maillochon, who created many of the headstones in Père Lachaise .

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  Lucien Autard de Bragard's grave represents a change in style. The grave is more reserved and adorned with a Maltese cross.

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  Gimel's tomb, dating from 1870, was inspired by that of Emmelina de Carcenac.

literature

• Pierre Claite: Pamplemousse - Un quartier chargé d'histoire, 2008, ISBN 978-99903-82-17-4 , pp. 51-90
• Benjamin Moutou: Pamplemousses - Rivière du Rempart - Quatre siècles d'histoire, 2006, ISBN 978-99903-992-9-5 , pp. 297-301

Web links

Commons : Cimetière de Pamplemousses  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• National Heritage Fund Act (No. 40) of 2003 with the evidence for the mentioned monuments, online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Save our heritage: Le Cimetière des “blancs” à Pamplemousses . Website about cultural monuments in Mauritius
2. ^ Save our heritage: Tombe de Ch. Thomi Pitot . Website about cultural monuments in Mauritius

Coordinates: 20 ° 6 ′ 29.8 ″  S , 57 ° 34 ′ 33.6 ″  E