Calvary Cemetery (Atuona)

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Calvary Cemetery (French: Cimetière Calvaire) is the main cemetery in Atuona, Hiva ‘Oa, French Polynesia. It is located on a hillside on the eastern edge of town, overlooking the anchorage on Atuona Bay.

The cemetery is the final resting place of French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, as well as of Belgian singer Jacques Brel.

Tomb of Paul Gauguin
Tomb of Jacques Brel

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9.8006°S 139.0382°W / -9.8006; -139.0382


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