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Loyasse Cemetery
Cemetery in Lyon, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Loyasse Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Loyasse) is a cemetery in the city of Lyon, France. The cemetery is located on the Fourvière hill in the western part of the city, not far away from the Metallic tower of Fourvière and Notre-Dame de Fourvière.
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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.
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Notable interments
- Pierre Bossan, architect of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
- Sante Geronimo Caserio, Italian anarchist and assassin
- Ferdinand Ferber (1862–1909), French aviator.
- Émile Guimet (1836–1918), founder of the Guimet Museum
- Édouard Herriot (1872–1957), French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister
- Létiévant (1830–1884), French surgeon remembered for drawing the first aesthesiography.
- Nizier Anthelme Philippe (1849–1905)
- Jean-Pierre Pléney
- Jean-Baptiste Willermoz
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See also
Sources
- Pelletier, Jean, nd: Connaître son arrondissement: le 5e, pp. 58–50. Éditions lyonnaise d'art et d'histoire
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