Cimetière des Rois

The Cimetière des Rois , is a cemetery in Geneva, Switzerland, where John Calvin , Jorge Luis Borges , Sérgio Vieira de Mello , Ernest Ansermet , and Jean Piaget are buried. The composer Frank Martin, Humphry Davy, Alberto Ginastera, Griselidis Real and Alice Rivaz, editor François Lachenal, Robert Musil and actor François Simon are also buried there. Politicians are also buried there, such as Adrien Lachenal , Paul Lachenal, Antoine Carteret, Willy Donzé, and Gustave Moynier .The cemetery is commonly named after la rue des Rois near which it is situated.

The right to rest in the cemetery of Plainpalais is strictly limited. Under Article 30 of the City of Geneva Cemeteries Regulations, Only "magistrates and distinguished personalities, having contributed by their life and activity to the influence of Geneva" can claim a concession whose request must be made to the Administrative Council.

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