Exploration of an unknown treasure: the private cemetery of France and its historical heritage

Name: Exploration of an unknown treasure: the private cemetery of France and its historical heritage
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Cimetière protestant de Nîmes

One of the few private cemeteries in France, listed in the additional inventory of the Buildings of France. The first burial is 1782\. There is a «sacristy» of the Desert of the time o...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Ville de Nîmes

One of the few private cemeteries in France, listed in the additional inventory of the Buildings of France. The first burial is 1782. There is a «sacristy» of the Desert of the time when the Reformed cult was clandestine, as well as some tombs of personalities from the history of Nimes.

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Visite libre

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Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Cimetière protestant de Nîmes

17 avenue Paul Brunel, 30000 Nîmes

Gard
Occitanie

The cemetery is built on old(former) plots of land of vineyards(vines) and of olive trees, the first funeral took place in 1782, date which the Protestantism was forbidden in France. Begun(Undertaken) from 1822, the landscaping presents a large unit(great unity) and calls to serenity: paths of acacias, of serviceberry trees and of cypress. Today, there are about 6 000 graves among which remarkable funerary monuments, and those of many local personalities.