Oradour-sur-Glane cemetery, Memorial cemetery and historical monument in Oradour-sur-Glane, France.

Oradour-sur-Glane cemetery is a memorial ground and historical monument situated next to the preserved ruins of a destroyed village. It contains individual graves and commemorative walls inscribed with the names of 643 civilians who died in the June 1944 events.

The cemetery is older than the village's destruction: it was classified as a monument historique on 2 February 1926, thanks to its 12th-century lantern of the dead. It survived the massacre of 10 June 1944 intact, while the village was burned. In 1953 the families' association built the "tombeau des martyrs" here, with a column and ex-votos, after rejecting the state memorial.

The cemetery's medieval lantern of the dead, a 6.5-metre tower from the 12th century, gave it its 1926 listing as a monument historique. The tall column of the 1953 memorial echoes that lantern, tying the remembrance of the 1944 victims to a regional burial custom. Visitors also see two glass-topped stone coffins holding bone fragments.

The visitor center provides exhibits, photographs, and personal items that help understand the history in depth. The entire site is walkable and offers space for quiet reflection and contemplation.

The 6.5-metre lantern of the dead on the cemetery dates from the 12th century and is 1.20 metres square at its base. Such lanterns were built across the Limousin, and their light was meant to protect the dead until the practice ended in the 14th century. It was this lantern that led to the cemetery's listing as a monument historique on 2 February 1926.