Cimetière de la Madeleine

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Cimetière de la Madeleine was a former Parisian cemetery, now disappeared, historically known for being the burial site of several notable figures of the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf burial site
former cemetery
associatedWithEvent Reign of Terror
bodiesExhumed Louis XVI
linked to: Louis XVI of France

Marie Antoinette
bodiesTransferredTo Basilica of Saint-Denis
burialMethod mass graves
buriedPerson Charlotte Corday
Louis XVI
linked to: Louis XVI of France

Madame Élisabeth of France
Marie Antoinette
Philippe Égalité
many unidentified victims of the guillotine
closed 1794
commemoratedBy memorial plaques at Chapelle expiatoire
country France
demolished late 18th century
historicalPeriod French Revolution
languageOfName French
locatedIn 8th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
locatedOn Rue d'Anjou NERFINISHED
nameMeaning Madeleine Cemetery
linked to: Errancis Cemetery
near Church of La Madeleine
Place de la Révolution
notableFor burial of victims of the guillotine from Place de la Révolution
burial place of Charlotte Corday
burial place of Louis XVI
burial place of Madame Élisabeth of France
burial place of Marie Antoinette
burial place of Philippe Égalité
burial place of many executed nobles and clergy
opened 1772
partOf parish of La Madeleine
replacedBy Chapelle expiatoire
linked to: Chapelle Expiatoire
status no longer extant
successorSite Chapelle expiatoire
linked to: Chapelle Expiatoire
usedFor burials
interment of guillotined victims

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Referenced by (4)

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Charlotte Corday placeOfBurial Cimetière de la Madeleine
Anna Maria Mozart burialPlace Cimetière de la Madeleine
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans burialPlace Cimetière de la Madeleine (common grave, later lost)
linked to: Cimetière de la Madeleine
Catacombs of Paris notableSourceCemetery Madeleine cemetery
linked to: Cimetière de la Madeleine