Cemeteries

The cemeteries in New Orleans have crypts and mausoleums due to the swamp grounds that New Orleans had. The artwork that the tombs have are now known as “The Cities of the Dead.” The most famous cemetery is within walking distance from the French Quarter. It is the most famous because Marie Laveau is buried there. She was most known for the voodoo that she was associated with and the impact that it had in New Orleans. There are “X” on her tomb in which she believed that would keep her power even after her death. 

The most famous cemeteries in New Orleans are listed below:

St.Roch Cemetery No. 1

There is a tiny room that is littered with prosthetics, intimate hand-written thank-you notes, coins, crutches, etc. 

St.Roch Cemetery No. 2

This is known as less of a “creepy” sense. There is tile mosaics of saints and mausoleums, as well as intricately framed headstone photo memorials.

Marie Laveau Tomb

Nicholas Cage's Tomb

St.Louis Cemetery No. 1

The is the city’s oldest cemetery 1789. This has a maze of tombs and crumbling bricks. This is believed that voodoo Marie Laveau’s remains are here. Her tombstone has “X”’s on them. The most famous recent addition is the tomb of Nicholas Cage when he passess. Cages tomb is a pure white pyramid.

St.Louis Cemetry No. 2

This cemetery opened up in 1823. This was created because of the “miasmas” from yellow fever/ cholera victims. Earl King and R&B legend Ernie L. Doe share a tomb here.

LayfayetteCemetery No. 1

This is a non-denominational, non-segregated cemetery from 1833. There is a tomb for Jefferson Fire Co. #22 Anne Rice. Rice created some of the most popular tombs. The Mayfair Witches and Lestat the vampire’s tombs are based off of the cemetery.

 

CharityHospital & Katrina Memorial Cemetery

This is the final resting place for the thousands who died in Charity hospital due to the yellow fever epidemic. The Katrina Memorial was added in 2007 which is used for the unclaimed and unidentified victims of the storm.

GreenwoodCemetery & Mausoleum

This cemetery opened in 1852. The Elks Lodge tomb is topped by a gigantic bronze elk statue. The Confederate Monument has busts of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson contains the remains of 600 soldiers.

CypressGrove Cemetery

This is built in 1840 and is recognized for fine marble and cast iron tombs. One of the first to use Tabasco peppers to make hot sauce, is entombed here.

Citation:
“New Orleans Cemeteries"Cities of the Dead".” NewOrleansOnline.com, www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/attractions/cemeteries.html.

Chase, Sarah. “Stunning New Orleans cemeteries you can't miss.” Curbed New Orleans, 6 Aug. 2013, nola.curbed.com/maps/cemetery.

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