TOULOUSE
The project for a central cemetery was launched in the early 1830s, with the aim of bringing together the bones lying in several cemeteries in the city centre. The project was entrusted to the city’s young chief architect, Urbain Vitry.
He designed a cemetery on the Terre-Cabade hillside, with an English-style garden and beautiful shady paths. Inaugurated in 1840, the cemetery gradually grew to its current size of 33 hectares. It has become an aesthetic signature of the Marengo district, with a sumptuous entrance adorned with neo-Egyptian obelisks erected in brick and embellished with gilding. It has become the cemetery for all Toulousans.
Often referred to as Toulouse’s “Père Lachaise”, this tour will introduce you to the sometimes theatrical, but always dignified and moving architecture of the funerary art. You’ll also learn about the fabulous destinies of well-known and lesser-known Toulousans, such as Léontine de Villeneuve, known as “L’Occitanienne”, Chateaubriand’s muse, or “Saint Helena”, or the moving story of the drowned men’s plot.
Visits may be cancelled if the cemetery is closed.
A moins de 20 mn à pied de la gare de Toulouse-Matabiau ! (environ 15 min et 1251 m).
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