The Diguette Cemetery is a cemetery in Liège created in 1864 and located in the Angleur district. Due to a lack of available space, this cemetery has not been used since 1912.
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History
In 1862, Walthère Frère-Orban, then Minister of Finance, advocated for a communal cemetery for all denominations, thus ending the practice whereby the rich were buried in their gardens while the poor were laid to rest in a communal cemetery on the village square, now Place Andréa Jadoulle, on the site of Saint-Remy Church.
Following this commitment, in 1864, the Angleur Municipal Council acquired 25 acres of land at “La Diguette” (rue Devant l’Aîte) from Madame Nagelmackers to establish the new Diguette cemetery. However, this site quickly proved to be too small, leading to the decision in 1912 to stop burying Angleur residents in this cemetery. A new cemetery was therefore created on the heights of Angleur, on Rue de la Belle Jardinière, near Sart Tilman.
The monuments in this burial ground reflect the style of an entire era in terms of funerary architecture.
