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Laeken Cemetery
  • Cimetière de Laeken (French)
  • Begraafplaats van Laken (Dutch)
View of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken
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Established1275
Location
Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°52′46″N 4°21′11″E / 50.87944°N 4.35306°E / 50.87944; 4.35306
TypePublic, non-denominational
Size6.3 hectares (16 acres)

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' famous cemetery, because it is the burial place of the rich and the famous and for the abundance of its funerary heritage.

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