Laeken Cemetery

Cimetière de Laeken
Begraafplaats van Laken
	View of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Details
Established	1275
Location	Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
Country	Belgium
Coordinates	50°52′46″N 4°21′11″E / 50.87944°N 4.35306°ECoordinates: 50°52′46″N 4°21′11″E / 50.87944°N 4.35306°E
Type	Public, non-denominational
Size	6.3 hectares (16 acres)
Find a Grave	[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1985057 Cimetière de Laeken; Begraafplaats van Laken]

Laeken Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Laeken, Dutch: Begraafplaats van Laken) in Brussels (Belgium) is the city's oldest cemetery still in function and the resting place of the Belgian Royal Family. It is known as the Belgian Père Lachaise, after Paris' notorious cemetery, because it is the burial place of the rich and the famous and for the abundance of its funerary heritage.

Description[]

The installation of the Belgian Royal Family in 1831 and the burial of Queen Louise in 1850 contributed to the appeal of Laeken.

The cemetery houses very fine examples of 19th-century funerary art and also features an original bronze cast of Auguste Rodin's Thinker, purchased in 1927 by the antiquarian and art collector Josef Dillen to use as his own memorial. Next to the entrance, there is a small museum dedicated to the sculptor Ernest Salu (1845–1923) and his successors.