Loyasse Cemetery

Cemetery in Lyon, France

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Loyasse Cemetery
Cimetière de Loyasse

View of the cemetery

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Coordinates| 45°45′44″N 4°48′43″E﻿ / ﻿45.76222°N 4.81194°E﻿ / 45.76222; 4.81194
Gautier family mausoleum

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.

It is the 'richer' cemetery of Lyon, when compared with the Cimetière de La Guillotière, with elaborate graves in various architectural styles.

## Notable interments

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* 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

## See also

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* List of cemeteries in France

## Sources

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* Pelletier, Jean, nd: Connaître son arrondissement: le 5e, pp. 58–50. Éditions lyonnaise d'art et d'histoire

## External links

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* Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs (Philippe Landru): Lyon (69): cimetière de Loyasse (in French)
* Lyon municipal website: Cimetière de Loyasse ancien (in French)
* Lyon municipal website: Cimetière de Loyasse nouveau (in French)

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5th arrondissement of Lyon

Quarters|

* Champvert
* Fourvière
* Le Point du Jour
* Ménival
* Saint-Georges
* Saint-Irénée
* Saint-Jean
* Saint-Just
* Saint-Paul
* Vieux Lyon

Streets|

* Montée du Gourguillon
* Rue de Gadagne
* Rue du Bœuf
* Rue Lainerie

Squares|

* Place Benoît-Crépu
* Place de la Trinité
* Place Saint-Jean

Churches|

* Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
* Église Saint-Georges
* Église Saint-Paul
* Cathédrale Saint Jean-Baptiste
* Temple du Change

Others monuments or structures|

* Ancient Theatre of Fourvière
* Loyasse Cemetery
* Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon
* Maison du Chamarier
* Manécanterie
* Metallic tower of Fourvière
* Musée Gadagne
* Odeon of Lyon
* Palais de justice historique de Lyon
* Taurobolic Altar

Transports|

* Funiculars of Lyon
* Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul
* Lyon Metro Line D
* Tram-train de l'ouest lyonnais
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Cemeteries in France

Parisian region|

* Bagneux
* Batignolles
* Catacombs
* Errancis
* Gonards
* Grenelle
* Holy Innocents
* Les Invalides
* Levallois-Perret
* Madeleine
* Montmartre
* Montparnasse
* Montrouge
* Neuilly-sur-Seine
* Panthéon
* Pantin
* Passy
* Père Lachaise
* Picpus
* Saint-Denis
* Saint-Germain
* Saint-Ouen
* Saint-Vincent
* Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
* Sainte-Marguerite
* Saints-Pères
* Thiais

Other places|

* Cannes (Grand Jas)
* Grenoble (Saint Roch)
* Lyon (La Guillotière)
* Lyon (Loyasse)
* Marseille (Saint-Pierre)
* Reims (Saint-Remi)
* Protestant Cemetery, Bordeaux
* Protestant Cemetery, Montpellier
* Jewish cemetery, Besançon
* Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice

War cemeteries|

* Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial
* Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
* Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
* Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
* Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
* Lafayette Escadrille Cemetery and Memorial
* Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
* Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
* Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
* Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial
* Orglandes German war cemetery
* Orry-la-Ville Dutch War Cemetery
* Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial
* Somme American Cemetery and Memorial
* St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial
* Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

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* United States

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