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2. Saint Louis Cemetery - Wikipedia

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   St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest and among the most prominent cemeteries in New Orleans. It was opened in 1789, replacing the city's older St. Peter Cemetery (French: Cimetière St. Peter; no longer in existence) as the main burial ground when the city was redesigned after a fire in 1788. It is 8 blocks from the Mississippi River, on the ...

3. ‘Tombstone tourists’ find the beauty and joy in cemetery visits

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   And New Orleans’ St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is home to dozens of locals who’ve since become urban legends, such as Voodoo queen Marie Laveau. ... or pangs of grief for a lost loved one, she said ...

4. Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   [1]: 1–40 View of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 showing the street-like layout of the tombs. In 1788, a yellow fever epidemic struck New Orleans. This epidemic, in addition to the proximity of the St. Peter Street Cemetery and the high water table for in-ground burials, created a sanitation problem for disposing of the dead.

5. Metairie Cemetery - Wikipedia

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   Metairie Race Course Announcement The Times Picayune Thursday March 1, 1838. Before becoming a cemetery, the site, established on a high-and-dry ridge along Bayou Metairie (now Metairie Road), [3] was a horse racing track, founded in 1838 by Col. James Garrison and Richard Adams [4] who acquired the land from the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company.

6. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church & International Shrine of St. Jude

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   Coordinates: 29.9585°N 90.0707°W. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church & International Shrine of St. Jude is a Roman Catholic church located on Rampart Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the oldest surviving church building in the city (originally established as the Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua), the back of the church is bordered by Basin ...

7. Girod Street Cemetery - Wikipedia

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   Girod Street Cemetery. The Girod Street Cemetery (also known as the Protestant Cemetery), was a large above-ground cemetery that resided in central New Orleans, Louisiana, established in 1822 for Protestant residents of the Faubourg St. Mary and was closed down in the 1940s. The cemetery then remained unused, until it was officially torn down ...