The Saint-Michel cemetery in Saint-Brieuc

The Saint-Michel cemetery' (French: Cimetière Saint-Michel) in Saint-Brieuc is located in the Rue Jobert de Lamballe.

The Saint-Michel is the oldest cemetery in Saint-Brieuc and possesses many old tombs including those of notable Bretons and soldiers of Napoleon's armies.

It was created in 1839 and there are today between 15,000 and 20,000 burials in 5,000 tombs.

[1] The cemetery is beautifully kept and some of the connecting avenues are lined with shaped yew and one is lined with pollarded trees.

Those buried include-

Yew trees in Saint Michel cemetery
Pollarded trees in Saint Michel cemetery
Jean Boucher's allegory decorating the Saint-Brieuc tomb of aviator Edouard Le Mounier
A tomb in the cemetery which replicates a Breton "Calvaire" (Calvary). Note the two angels collecting Jesus' blood into chalices.