B & W and color photos of New Orleans famous cemeteries. For more information about the cemeteries, order The St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans from the New Orleans diocese at:

ST. LOUIS CEMETERIES
3421 Esplanade Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70119
504/482-5065

It's a bit dated, but has good B & W photos and is only $3!

Two other excellent books are available, both written by Robert Florence, and available from the New Orleans Cemetery & Voodoo pages in association with Amazon.com. I've noticed lots of people looking, so I'm going to tell you that I highly recommend both books. Very interesting, great pictures, and a nice guy. Books about Voodoo are available in the Voodoo Bookstore.

Other interesting cemetery books

Elysium : A Gathering of Souls : New Orleans Cemeteries

Corpses, Coffins and Crypts : A History of Burial

Soul in the Stone : Cemetery Art from America's Heartland

St. Louis #1
	Marie Laveau's Tomb--color		Crossed Arrow Motif in Tomb Ironwork
	Marie Laveau's Tomb--black & white
St. Louis #2
	Leaning tomb		Ironwork in St. Louis #2
	Gothic tomb of the Caballero family. To the right of the tomb is an obelisk in memory of Francois Xavier Martin.
St. Louis #3
	Angel atop a tomb in St. Louis #3		Row of tombs in St. Louis #3 on Esplanade.
St. Roch
	The beautiful chapel in St. Roch		A niche in the St. Roch chapel dedicated to the healed.
	The gates of St. Roch.
Layfayette
	Lone Tombstone in Lafayette Cemetery
Cypress Grove
	NEW! Cypress Lawn (or Grove? my notes are bad) Cypress Lawn is very quite and somewhat interesting. I didn't get a whole lot of time here, but it was very pleasant with some interesting tombs.
Holt Cemetery
	NEW! Holt Cemetery Holt cemetery is an under-ground cemetery-- possibly the only one in New Orleans. The people buried here are poor, but the graves are very personal and the site is very peaceful.

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