Calvary Cemetery, Atuona

Calvary Cemetery in Atuona
Photo credit: Terry & Heidi Kotas

Calvary Cemetery (French: Cimetière Calvaire) is the main cemetery in Atuona, Hiva ‘Oa, French Polynesia. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. Atuona, located on Atuona Bay on the southern side of Hiva Oa island is the administrative centre of the commune (municipality of Hiva-Oa. Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean French Polynesia ( French: Polynésie française, Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is a French Overseas collectivity in the It is located on a hillside on the eastern edge of town, overlooking the anchorage on Atuona Bay. Atuona Bay ( French Baie d'Atuona or Baie Tahauku) is a small inlet on the north shore of Ta‘a ‘Oa (the Bay of Traitors) on the

The cemetery is the final resting place of French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, as well as of Belgian singer Jacques Brel. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Post-Impressionism is the term coined by the British artist and Art critic Roger Fry in 1910 to describe the development of French art since Manet. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903 was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Jacques Romain Georges Brel (ʒak bʀɛl in French (8 April 1929 &ndash 9 October 1978 was a Belgian Singer-songwriter.

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