Famous Cemeteries
Famous Cemeteries is a structured history & culture dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Cemetery, Location, Founded. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Cemetery, Location, Founded, Notable Burial, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Founded span
- 1804 to 1935
- Across 14 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Cemetery, Location, and Founded across history & culture entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Cemetery↕ | Location↕ | Founded↕ | Notable Burial↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pere Lachaise | Paris, France | 1804 | Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf | Most visited cemetery in the world, 70,000+ graves, Gothic tombs, Jim Morrison's graffiti-covered grave |
Arlington National Cemetery | Virginia, USA | 1864 | JFK, Unknown Soldiers | 400,000+ military graves, Eternal Flame at JFK's grave, Changing of the Guard, 639 acres of white headstones |
Highgate Cemetery | London, UK | 1839 | Karl Marx, George Eliot | Victorian Gothic atmosphere, Karl Marx's massive bust, vampire legends in the 1970s, overgrown ivy aesthetic |
Recoleta Cemetery | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1822 | Eva Peron | City of the dead, elaborate mausoleums like mini cathedrals, Evita's tomb draws pilgrims, 4,691 vaults |
Green-Wood Cemetery | Brooklyn, New York, USA | 1838 | Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat | National Historic Landmark, 478 acres, Gothic Revival entrance, inspired Central Park's design |
Okunoin Cemetery | Koyasan, Japan | 835 AD | Kobo Daishi (Kukai) | 200,000+ tombstones along a cedar-lined path, lanterns lit at dusk, Buddhist pilgrimage, Shingon monks still serve meals to Kukai |
La Almudena | Madrid, Spain | 1884 | Spanish Civil War victims | Largest cemetery in Western Europe, 5 million+ interments, adjacent to the Royal Palace, Spanish history in stone |
Zentralfriedhof | Vienna, Austria | 1874 | Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss, Schubert | Classical music's Hall of Fame, 3.3 million burials, larger than the inner city, honorary graves of composers |
Glasnevin Cemetery | Dublin, Ireland | 1832 | Michael Collins, Daniel O'Connell | Ireland's national cemetery, 1.5 million burials, round tower landmark, Irish independence leaders |
Waverley Cemetery | Sydney, Australia | 1877 | Henry Lawson | Clifftop ocean views, most beautiful cemetery setting, Victorian and Edwardian monuments, coastal walk attraction |
Staglieno Cemetery | Genoa, Italy | 1851 | Giuseppe Mazzini | Outdoor sculpture museum, hyper-realistic marble statues of the dead, Mark Twain called it a work of art |
Merry Cemetery | Sapanta, Romania | 1935 | Villagers with colorful epitaphs | Brightly painted wooden crosses with humorous poems about the dead, celebrates life not death, folk art masterpiece |
Cimetiere du Montparnasse | Paris, France | 1824 | Sartre, Beauvoir, Baudelaire, Beckett | Intellectuals' final resting place, existentialists side by side, quieter alternative to Pere Lachaise |
Boot Hill | Tombstone, Arizona, USA | 1878 | Outlaws from O.K. Corral | Wild West cemetery, gunfighters and outlaws, Tombstone legends, wooden grave markers, tourist attraction |
Cementerio de la Chacarita | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1871 | Carlos Gardel | Largest cemetery in Argentina, tango legend Gardel's tomb, yellow fever epidemic origin, working-class counterpart to Recoleta |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Famous Cemeteries organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 15 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 15 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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