| Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux | |
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| Established | 1922 |
| Location | Route de Chavannes,Lausanne,Canton of Vaud |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Size | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| No. of interments | 26,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux |
TheBois-de-Vaux Cemetery (FrenchCimetière du Bois-de-Vaux) is the principal burial ground ofLausanne inSwitzerland.
Laid out by the architectAlphonse Laverrière between 1922 and 1951,[1] the cemetery lies to the south of the town and has been designated as acultural property of national importance (bien culturel suisse d'importance nationale).
There is a long central avenue lined with two rows oflime trees, banks stocked with flowering plants, ponds with fish andwater lilies, many benches, and forty kilometres of hedges. Together with thousands of trees they provide homes for many different birds, while the other wildlife living in the hedges and undeveloped parts of the cemetery includesbadgers,foxes,squirrels andhedgehogs. The cemetery has enough room for 26,000 plots.[2]
When the city of Lausanne heard in 1929 that the American bishopCharles Brent 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.[3]
Some members of the exiled Yugoslav royal family were initially buried here, but their remains were later moved to the mausoleum atOplenac,Serbia, when allowed by the government inBelgrade:
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 theCurtea de Argeș Cathedral in Romania:[9]
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