Loyasse Cemetery () is a cemetery in the city of Lyon, France. The cemetery is located on the Fourvière hill in the western part of the city, not far away from the Metallic tower of Fourvière and Notre-Dame de Fourvière.
It is the 'richer' cemetery of Lyon, when compared with the Cimetière de La Guillotière, with elaborate graves in various architectural styles.
Notable interments
Pierre Bossan, architect of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Ferdinand Ferber (1862–1909), French aviator. Émile Guimet (1836–1918), founder of the Guimet Museum Édouard Herriot (1872–1957), French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister Létiévant (1830–1884), French surgeon remembered for drawing the first aesthesiography. Nizier Anthelme Philippe (1849–1905) Jean-Pierre Pléney Jean-Baptiste Willermoz
See also
List of cemeteries in France
Sources
Pelletier, Jean, nd: Connaître son arrondissement: le 5e, pp. 58–50. Éditions lyonnaise d'art et d'histoire
External links
Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs (Philippe Landru): Lyon (69): cimetière de Loyasse Lyon municipal website: Cimetière de Loyasse ancien Lyon municipal website: Cimetière de Loyasse nouveau