Palm Grove Cemetery

6.3113888888889 - 10.806111111111Koordinaten: 6 ° 18 ' 41 "N, 10 ° 48' 22 " W The Palm Grove Cemetery is the main cemetery of the Liberian capital Monrovia.

The cemetery was begun the 19th century in the first third and initially served as a burial place for the first casualties of the newly founded city of Monrovia, which often weakened died after a few days, from the rigors of the voyage, from diseases and infections. Due to the rapid population growth of the city after the Second World War the cemetery was determined the main cemetery. Palm Grove Cemetary today consists of a park-like plant with an extension of a maximum of 300 meters in the cardinal directions. It is cut by a wide, paved path into two approximately equal parts. Both halves are each enclosed by a wall at the African -like ajar for several mausoleums and memorial plaques. The arrangement of the graves is disordered, and you can hardly find more shade trees.

The cemetery has no chapel or chapel of rest.