Landry Tomb
Landry Tomb is an historic burial vault located in the cemetery of the Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The two stage granite monument, containing 24 vaults, was built in 1845 and its design is attributed to James H.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include River Road African American Museum and Ascension Catholic High School.
River Road African American Museum
Museum
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River Road African American Museum is a museum of culture and history in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States. Founded in 1994, it was among the first Louisiana museums to tell the story of Africans and African Americans, both slave and free. River Road African American Museum is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Landry Tomb.
Ascension Catholic High School
School
Ascension Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. It is the oldest Catholic school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge… Ascension Catholic High School is situated 920 feet northeast of Landry Tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donaldsonville and Smoke Bend.
Donaldsonville
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Donaldsonville is a town of about 7000 in the south of Louisiana, along the Mississippi River. Its historic old town is considered to be one of the best kept examples of its kind, and home to a number of pre-Civil War monuments.
Smoke Bend
Hamlet
Smoke Bend is an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. A small cottage from the 1870s named Rome House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located here. Smoke Bend is situated 2 miles west of Landry Tomb.
Landry Tomb
- Type: Tomb
- Description: historic place
- Categories: mausoleum, historic site, and burial
- Location: Ascension, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.09942° or 30° 5′ 58″ northLongitude
-90.98595° or 90° 59′ 9″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
862F32X7+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 491174740OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tomb
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Landry Tomb” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “قبر لاندرى”
- French: “mausolée Landry”
- French: “Mausolée Landry”
- French: “tombe Landry”
- French: “tombeau Landry”
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