St. Eugene Cemetery
St. Eugene Cemetery is one of the most famous cemeteries in Algeria. It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the commune of Bologhine. Covering an area of 14.5 hectares, it lies at the foot of Notre Dame d'Afrique, and is maintained by twenty employees In 2012, the President of the French Republic François Hollande visited it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Algeria
- Also known as: “Cimetiere Saint-Eugene” and “Cimetière Saint-Eugène”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Omar Hamadi Stadium and Notre-Dame d’Afrique.
Omar Hamadi Stadium
Stadium
Omar Hamadi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologhine, Algiers, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USM Alger. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. Omar Hamadi Stadium is situated 150 metres north of St. Eugene Cemetery.
Notre-Dame d’Afrique
Church
Photo: Magharebia, CC BY 2.0.
Basilique Notre Dame d'Afrique is a Catholic basilica in Algiers, Algeria. It is the origin of the modern Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Africa. Pope Pius IX granted two Pontifical decrees towards the shrine on the same day on 15 April 1876:… Notre-Dame d’Afrique is situated 540 metres west of St. Eugene Cemetery.
Apostolic Nunciature
Government office
The Apostolic Nunciature to Algeria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Algeria. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and enjoys the rank of an ambassador. Apostolic Nunciature is situated 610 metres west of St. Eugene Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bologhine and Bāb al-Wādī.
Bologhine
Suburb
Photo: Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bologhine is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is named after Bologhine ibn Ziri, who founded the city in 944.
Bāb al-Wādī
Suburb
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Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
St. Eugene Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Bologhine Ibn Ziri, Bab El Oued, Algiers Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“St. Eugene Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة سانت يوجين”
- French: “cimetière de Bologhine”
- French: “Cimetière de Saint-Eugène”
- French: “cimetière Saint-Eugène”
- Spanish: “Cementerio San Eugenio”
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