Cemeteries in New Orleans

Cemeteries in New Orleans, LA

New Orleans Cemeteries

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  • Wander17627136223
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    Zelda was an amazing tour guide. Smooth transitions with pace and information given. Passion was shown throughout walk and had the group very comfortable. Will be coming back with friends and family!
    Written 31 March 2023
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  • Princess
    Washington DC, DC123 contributions
    This place is huge and placed in the perfect secluded spot to peacefully be its own thing. Definitely impressive, grand, and beautiful~
    Written 19 January 2023
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  • Roberts69
    Northampton, UK18,033 contributions
    Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is a historic cemetery in the Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was founded in 1833 and still in use today and was included in the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 1972, for its architectural and social-historical importance. Unfortunately the cemetery has very limited opening hours and so when I visited I could not walk around the cemetery but that said it was still an interesting place to see even just from the gates!!
    Written 13 March 2023
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  • Tansy2015
    Brighton, MI333 contributions
    At the end of the line for the red trolly. Get off to the right, cross the bridge and it’s on the right side of the street. Paul Prudhomme is buried here.
    Written 21 March 2023
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  • Angie G
    Edmonton, Canada80 contributions
    Definitely worth a visit. A somber, but peaceful and beautiful place. I wished I had brought beads to lay down, as many others had. You can get here on the streetcar that runs down Canal St called Cemeteries.
    Written 12 December 2022
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  • StephenCross
    Dublin, Ireland17,740 contributions
    We visited the cemetery and found it a bit depressing and overall sad. It feels like most people have been forgotten about, which is sad.
    Written 15 February 2022
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  • StephenCross
    Dublin, Ireland17,740 contributions
    This cemetery is off Route 10 and truly runes for miles. It is simply huge. It’s about 3 miles from downtown New Orleans and on the way to the airport.
    Written 11 February 2022
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  • StephenCross
    Dublin, Ireland17,740 contributions
    Interesting cemetery and not like most others in New Orleans as the bodies here are buried underground. There are a lot of war vets buried here.
    Written 13 February 2022
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  • Sharon_zz
    Spain5,326 contributions
    Our friends started their own "Cemetery Tour", and we joined them in the "Garden District" cemetery. I had an Idea, to try and find the Jewish cemetery. With a little help from "Google" and "Waze" navigator, we arrived at the most beautiful cemetery. Usually there is nothing to see at a Jewish cemetery, only a simple grave stone. That's because the 2nd commandment from the "10 Commands" of the bible: "Do not make any Idol". As the famous phrase say :"when in Rome act like the Romans",same is also said for New Orleans. Here in 1860, when they founded this cemetery, the Jewish started to make some beautiful grave stones. Nowadays the cemetery has 3 lots. The first one was in use till 1896, and you can see in it the influence of New Orleans's grave stone ornaments. From the stones we saw that a lot of Jews were born in France, The Netherlands and Germany. The grave stone that I liked best was the one of Harriette Levi, who died at the age of 44. Her image is engraved on the column gravestone.
    Written 9 October 2013
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  • StephenCross
    Dublin, Ireland17,740 contributions
    New Orleans has many cemeteries and most including this one are above ground due to the flooding. This particular cemetery is where many of the Irish are buried. Its worth a visit.
    Written 20 February 2022
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