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Ixelles Cemetery

Coordinates: 50°48′54″N 4°23′31″E / 50.81500°N 4.39194°E / 50.81500; 4.39194
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Ixelles Cemetery
  • Cimetière d'Ixelles (French)
  • Begraafplaats van Elsene (Dutch)
Ixelles Cemetery
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Location
Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°48′54″N 4°23′31″E / 50.81500°N 4.39194°E / 50.81500; 4.39194
TypePublic, non-denominational

Ixelles Cemetery (French: Cimetière d'Ixelles, pronounced [sim.tjɛʁ dik.sɛl]; Dutch: Begraafplaats van Elsene), located in Ixelles in the southern part of Brussels, is one of the major cemeteries in Belgium. Ixelles Cemetery also refers to a neighbourhood with a lot of bars and restaurants for students, north of the actual cemetery. It is in fact located between the two main campuses (Solbosch and La Plaine) of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

Notable interments

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Personalities buried there include:

War graves

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Military monument by Charles Samuel, in the Field of Honour

In the Field of Honour in Block A are buried First World War soldiers from Belgium, France, Italy, Russia and Great Britain (twelve identified soldiers), who died mainly as prisoners of war.[2]

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Victor Horta, David Dernie and Alastair Carew-Cox, p. 211
  2. ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report. British details obtained from casualty record.

Bibliography

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  • Celis, Marcel (2004). Cimetières et nécropoles. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 38. Brussels: Éditions de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
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