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Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery

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had died in Lausanne and wished to be buried there, they offered a plot for his remains in the section of the Bois-de-Vaux cemetery reserved for distinguished foreigners.
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Also, the Queen Mother of Romania, a first cousin and friend of Princess Olga, was buried in the cemetery in 1982, but in 2019 her remains were due to be moved to the
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Some members of the exiled Yugoslav royal family were initially buried here, but their remains were later moved to the mausoleum at
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between 1922 and 1951, the cemetery lies to the south of the town and has been designated as a
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When the city of Lausanne heard in 1929 that the American bishop
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There is a long central avenue lined with two rows of
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The cemetery has enough room for 26,000 plots. 300:Former grave of Queen Mother Helen of Romania 8: 168:bien culturel suisse d'importance nationale 479:Bishop Brent, crusader for Christian unity 20: 515: 513: 164:cultural property of national importance 439: 358: 545: 543: 541: 335:(1903–1997), mother of Prince Nicholas 505:The Olympics, A Very Peculiar History 7: 571:Familia Regală (3 September 2019). 348:Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark 312:, when allowed by the government in 147:) is the principal burial ground of 333:Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark 380:Grave of Baron Pierre de Coubertin 233:(1863–1937), area 9, plots 153-154 14: 583:on 13 September 2019 – via 549:Ricardo Mateos Sainz de Medrano, 16:Cemetery in Lausanne, Switzerland 519:William Wright, Michael Wright, 421: 409: 397: 385: 373: 368:Grave of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel 361: 33: 523:William Wright, (2000), p. 199 221:(1814–1879), area 18, plot 101 94: 1: 321:Prince Nicholas of Yugoslavia 263:(1910–1980), area 9, plot 127 251:(1883–1971), area 9, plot 129 477:Alexander Clinton Zabriskie 447:Le cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux 664: 158:Laid out by the architect 648:Cemeteries in Switzerland 341:Curtea de Argeș Cathedral 327:Prince Paul of Yugoslavia 145:Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux 128:Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux 41: 32: 27:Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux 243:Eugenia Livanos-Niarchos 452:25 October 2019 at the 392:Firefighters' monument 301: 89:20 acres (8.1 ha) 466:Bois-de-Vaux cemetery 416:Arrangement of graves 299: 255:Tina Onassis Niarchos 219:Eugène Viollet-le-Duc 138:Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery 125:Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery 24:Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery 624:46.52139°N 6.59917°E 428:There are many trees 63:Route de Chavannes, 620: /  239:(1872-1954), area 1 237:Alphonse Laverrière 231:Pierre de Coubertin 160:Alphonse Laverrière 302: 629:46.52139; 6.59917 579:). 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Index


Lausanne
Canton of Vaud
Switzerland
Official website
Find a Grave
Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery
Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux

French
Lausanne
Switzerland
Alphonse Laverrière
cultural property of national importance
lime trees
water lilies
badgers
foxes
squirrels
hedgehogs
Charles Brent
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
Charles Brent
Pierre de Coubertin
Alphonse Laverrière
Eugenia Livanos-Niarchos
Coco Chanel
Tina Onassis Niarchos
Paul Robert
Gloria Guinness
Loel Guinness
Pierre Dudan

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