Saint-Véran Cemetery, Cultural heritage cemetery in Avignon, France.

Saint-Véran Cemetery opened in 1820 and covers 14 hectares with roughly 12,000 graves. Its entrance is a monumental stone gateway on Avenue Stuart Mill: two thick pillars topped by round arches with carved medallions, a dark metal gate with gilded bands and a cross, and a frieze of round motifs above. Lower stone walls, grass, flower beds and low planters line the paved approach.

Opened in 1820 at the start of the French Restoration, Saint-Véran Cemetery covers 14 hectares and holds about 12,000 graves. Its square 20 contains a 1922 mausoleum for soldiers who died for France in both world wars, Félix Charpentier's sculpture La Sentinelle des Morts commemorating the 1870-1871 war, and an ossuary for German, Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian prisoners who died in Avignon between 1914 and 1918. A columbarium was added in 1999.

The cemetery is known for its sculptural tombs, including the "Homme couché" of the Servent family in square 2 and the "Douleur" of the Gros family. The Provençal poet Théodore Aubanel, a member of the Félibrige, is buried here, and the grave of Agathe de Rambaud, nurse of the children of France, is tended by a stonecutter.

The main entrance is on Avenue Stuart Mill, and the grounds cover 14 hectares with around 12,000 graves, so allow time to orient yourself. A columbarium opened in 1999 for urns. The military square, number 20, lies within the cemetery and holds the 1922 mausoleum and Félix Charpentier's sculpture La Sentinelle des Morts.

The cemetery holds a square, no. 20, with a 1922 mausoleum for soldiers who died for France in both world wars, plus an ossuary for German, Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian troops who died in Avignon hospitals or prison camps between 1914 and 1918. Félix Charpentier's sculpture La Sentinelle des Morts honours the dead of 1870-1871.