Bellu Cemetery - Bucharest, Romania - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Bellu Cemetery (Serban Voda Cemetery) is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest.

The cemetery is 28 hectares and opened in 1858 on land donated by Baron Barbu Bellu. It is a very visited cultural attraction in Bucharest.

Many famous people are buried in the cemetery. There is a myriad of funery art, mausoleums, crosses and graves located very close to each other. However, separated by in sections of dirt roads. In the middle of the cemetery there is a large cemetery chapel.

Just as famous people are buried, there are also many nobles. In fact, it became so fashionable to be buried in the Bellu cemetery that several noble families exhumed their family members from other cemeteries, to rebury them in the Bellu cemetery.

You also notice that most of the graves are grouped by profession, artists in one part, writers in another and so on.

The cemetery is open every day from 8:30 AM to 8 PM.


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City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Bucharest, Romania Approximate number of graves: 500 Cemetery Status: Active Cemetery Website: [Web Link]

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