Sacred Heart French Cemetery

Chandannagar, Italy

The French Cemetery contains 150 tombs and is located on the Grand Trunk Road opposite Lal Dighi (a large lake). The eminent person buried in the French Cemetery in Chandannagar includes Duplessis, the founding father of French Chandannagar and pioneering meteorologist Henry “Storm” Piddington, who

also finds mention in Amitav Ghosh’s novel The Hungry Tide

Listen to the audio guide for Sacred Heart French Cemetery Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

Nearby

Dutch Cemetery cemetery · 4 km away
distretto di Hooghly attraction · 4 km away
Naihati Stadium stadium · 7 km away
Sayyid Jamaluddin Mosque chiese · 11 km away
Ananta Basudeba Temple chiese · 11 km away
Hangseshwari Temple temple · 11 km away
South Eastern Railway Stadium stadium · 12 km away
Second Ishwar Gupta Setu bridge · 12 km away