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Magdalen Cemetery à Amiens dans la Somme

Cimetière de la Madeleine
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Crédit photo : Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1817
Opening of the cemetery
1870
1870 military square
18 février 1944
Operation Jericho
10 mai 1995
Historical Monument
2000
Landscape enrichment
2018
Label "Remarkable Trees"
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Cemetery floor; Funeral monuments: Dijon-Dubrulle (D 4) , Lapostolle (K 48) , Corroyer (L 111) , Lambert Lucas (S 623) , Maintenay (S 992) ; the areas defined here; after they appear on the plan annexed to the decree, namely: all the fenced walls and interior walls, with the funerary monuments attached to them; the border of plain A including concessions A 1 to A 98; the borders of Plain B including concessions B 1 to B 122, as well as concessions bordering the walls: concessions B 123 to B 154; plain C, in total; the border of plain D including concessions D 1 to D 98; the borders of plain E: concessions E 134 to E 136ter, E 11 to E 36, E 36C, E 38 to E 130, and the part bordering the wall: concessions E 147 to E 173, and the part containing concessions E 1A to E 9, E 137 to E 146, E 182 and E 183 in full; plain F, in total; the borders of plain G comprising concessions G 1 to G 1O6 and G 163 to G 165, as well as concessions bordering the walls: concessions G 110 to G 161bis; the border of the H plain including concessions H 1 to H 123, as well as the enclosure of the French soldiers and the part comprising concessions H 19 to H 70 in full; plain I, in full; the borders of the K plain including concessions K 1 to K 41 and concessions bordering the walls: concessions K 42 to K 114; the edges of plain L comprising concessions L 246 to L 305, L 307 to L 331bis and L 332 to L 348, as well as concessions bordering the walls: consessions L 2 to L 211A; the borders of the M plain including concessions M 1 to M 48 and M 116 to M 178, as well as concessions bordering the walls: concessions M 49 to M 115; the entire N plain; the edge of plain O comprising concessions O 138A to O 276, as well as concessions bordering the walls: concessions O 1 to O 175, and the part containing concessions O 176 to O 182L in whole; the edges of the walls of plain P: concessions P 1 to P 173, and the part containing concessions P 301 to P 326 in full; the borders of the walls of the S plain: concessions S 1 to S 146 and S 740 to S 815, as well as parts containing concessions S 147 to S 2121 and S 640 to S 1026 in full (Box IZ 37, 39): inscription by order of 25 June 1986. Funeral monuments: Duthoit (L 173) , Grimaux-Dufetel (F 34) , Morgan de Belloy (G 110) , Bruno Vasseur (F 3) , Jules Verne (L 211 A) (Box IZ 37): by order of 10 May 1995

Key figures

Jules Verne - Writer Tomb carved by Albert Roze, ranked MH.
François-Auguste Cheussey - City architect Designer of the cemetery in 1817.
Albert Roze - Sculptor Author of many funeral monuments.
Commandant Jean-François Vogel - Military Killed in 1870, falls near the monument to the dead.
Victorine Autier - Nurse Red Cross Engaged in the 1870 War.
Frères Duthoit - Sculptors and architects Authors of tombs classified MH.

Origin and history

La Madeleine Cemetery, located on Rue Saint-Maurice in Amiens, is the most famous cemetery in the city. Created in 1817 on the site of an old maladry, it replaces the cemetery Saint-Denis, transformed into a square under the Second Restoration. Designed as an English park by architect François-Auguste Cheussey, it combines winding alleys, wooded areas and monumental tombs, some of which are real works of art. Ranked a historic monument in 1995, it spans 18 hectares and houses centuries-old trees, such as ifs planted in 1811, labeled "Arbres remarquables de France" in 2018.

The cemetery is a reflection of the amino society of the 19th and 20th centuries, with tombs of local personalities, such as Jules Verne, whose funeral monument, carved by Albert Roze, has been classified since 1995. There is also a military square dedicated to soldiers of the 1870 war, a memorial obelisk, and a space reserved for civilian victims of the Second World War bombings, marked by 250 black crosses. The site, maintained by the association Les Amis de La Madeleine since 1985, is also a place of memory for figures such as Commander Vogel, Victorine Autier (Nurse of the Red Cross), or the Duthoit brothers, sculptors and architects.

The cemetery is distinguished by its architectural diversity, combining neogothic styles, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Among its remarkable elements are the Lecocq chapel, decorated with busts signed Albert Roze, or the Grimaux tomb, surmounted by an octagonal colonnade and weeping. The stained glass windows, often with religious themes, and wrought iron grilles bear witness to local craftsmanship. The site, open daily, is also a popular green space, with an arboretum and secular tree alignments. Its role in preserving the funerary heritage makes it a must to understand the history of Amiens.

One notable event was Operation Jericho (18 February 1944), an allied bombardment of the Amiens prison, which caused more than a hundred victims, some of whom were buried in the "Black Cross Square". This cemetery-garden, which forms a local pantheon, also served as the setting for Jean Rollin's film La Rose de fer (1973). Managed by the municipality and volunteers, there remains a place of recollection and discovery, where history, art and nature cross.

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