Marie Laveau

Marie Laveau is a tomb in City of New Orleans, Louisiana. Marie Laveau is situated nearby to Saint Louis Cemetery, as well as near Basin Street Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Louis Cemetery and Congo Square.

Saint Louis Cemetery

Cemetery

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Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the graves are above-ground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Congo Square is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. Congo Square is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Marie Laveau.

Saenger Theatre

Theater building

Photo: ajay suresh, CC BY 4.0.

Saenger Theatre is an atmospheric theatre in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Once the flagship of Julian and Abe Saenger's theatre empire, today it is one of only a handful of Saenger movie palaces that remain. Saenger Theatre is situated 1,100 feet south of Marie Laveau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Storyville and French Quarter.

Storyville

Hamlet

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Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917. It was established by municipal ordinance under the New Orleans City Council, to regulate prostitution.

French Quarter

Photo: Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The French Quarter is the oldest and most famous and visited neighborhood of New Orleans. It was laid out in French and Spanish colonial times in the 18th century.

New Orleans

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Way down yonder in New Orleans, you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth. Here, the laid-back atmosphere of the riverfront South has mixed with French sophistication, Spanish style, and African-American energy to create something greater than the sum of its parts.

Marie Laveau

Type: Tomb
Categories: historic site and burial
Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.95913° or 29° 57′ 33″ north

Longitude

-90.07137° or 90° 4′ 17″ west

Open location code

76XFXW5H+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4726558792

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=tomb

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Basin Street Station and Marie Laveau’s Tomb?.

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