Protestant Cemetery, Bordeaux
Cimetière protestant de Bordeaux | |
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Details | |
Established | 1827 |
Location | |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 44°50′28″N 0°35′39″W / 44.8410°N 0.5942°W |
Type | Protestant cemetery |
Owned by | United Protestant Church of France |
Size | 1,5 ha |
No. of graves | 1,300 |
Website | Official website |
The Protestant cemetery of Bordeaux (French: Le cimetière protestant de Bordeaux) is a historic, church-owned and operated Protestant cemetery located in the city of Bordeaux, in France. The cemetery was inaugurated in 1826 in the district of Caudéran. And the first burial was recorded in March 1827. Enlarged in 1867, a small funerary chapel was built in 1910 on the cemetery ground.[1]
History and description
Before the Edict of Nantes granted Protestants some religious tolerance and rights to worship freely, Protestants had to bury their dead clandestinely on private property, farm land or cellars. The current cemetery on rue Judaïque covers an area of 1.5 hectares, containing approximately 1,300 plots. A monumental gate was designed by the architect Armand Corcelles who also built the Chartrons Reformed Church on rue Notre-Dame in Bordeaux. The burial ground reflects the diverse and multicultural character of Bordeaux with tombs belonging to the deceased
Notable burials
List is sorted in order of the year of death.
- Pierre-Barthélémy Portal d'Albarèdes Baron Portal (1765–1845), French politician
- Dreyfusard, and pioneer of international human rights
- Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (1886–1914), French war poet
- Afro-Cuban clown, one of the earliest successful black entertainers in modern France
- Hortense Schneider (1833–1920), French soprano, one of the greatest operetta stars of the 19th century
- historian of literature
- Manon Cormier (1896–1945), French lawyer and feminist writer
- Willem van Hasselt (1882–1963), Dutch painter
- Henri Salmide (1919–2010), named Heinz Stahlschmidt at birth, German naval officer
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ "History of the Protestant Cemetery in Bordeaux on the website of United Protestant Church of France (in French)". Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "History of the Protestant Cemetery in Bordeaux on Musee Protestant (in French)". Retrieved 2019-11-03.