Cimetière de Plainpalais

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Cimetière de Plainpalais, also known as Cimetière des Rois, is a historic cemetery in Geneva renowned as the burial place of many prominent Swiss cultural and political figures.

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Cimetière de Plainpalais canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
cultural heritage site
historic cemetery
tourist attraction
access public
alsoKnownAs Cimetière des Rois
burialPlaceOf Adolphe Appia
Ariane Mnouchkine’s family members
Auguste de Candolle
Carl Vogt
Charles Pictet de Rochemont
Denis de Rougemont
Gustave Moynier
James Fazy
John Calvin
surface form: Jean Calvin

Jorge Luis Borges
Various rectors of the University of Geneva
country Switzerland
establishedInCentury 18th century
governedBy Municipality of Geneva
surface form: City of Geneva
hasCulturalRole place of remembrance for Geneva’s elites
site of heritage walks
hasFeature funerary sculptures
historic gravestones
memorial monuments
tree-lined alleys
hasGraveType family tombs
individual graves
monumental tombs
hasNickName Cimetière des Rois, Geneva
surface form: Panthéon genevois
hasOfficialWebsite municipal website of the City of Geneva
hasSelectionCriteria burial subject to municipal authorization
reserved for notable persons of Geneva
hasTourismType cultural tourism
memory tourism
hasUse burial place
memorial site
heritageStatus listed cultural property of regional significance in Switzerland
isInUrbanArea city centre of Geneva
languageOfToponym French
locatedIn Geneva
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory canton of Geneva
surface form: Canton of Geneva
locatedInDistrict Plainpalais
ownedBy Geneva
surface form: City of Geneva
significance burial place of prominent Swiss cultural figures
burial place of prominent Swiss political figures

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Cimetière des Rois alsoKnownAs Cimetière de Plainpalais
Cemetery of the Kings hasAlternativeName Cimetière de Plainpalais