Bellu Cemetery

Bellu cemetery
Bellu cemetery
	Entrance to Bellu cemetery
Details
Established	1858
Location	Șerban Vodă Way, Sector 4, Bucharest
Country	Romania
Coordinates	44°24′14″N 26°06′00″E / 44.40389°N 26.10000°E
Type	Public

Famous graves

Alley of Artists, from left to right: Ion Luca Caragiale, Mihai Eminescu and Mihail Sadoveanu

Alexandru Macedonski

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Șerban Vodă cemetery (commonly known as Bellu cemetery) is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania.

It is located on a plot of land donated to the local administration by Baron Barbu Bellu. It has been in use since 1858.^[1] It has 54 acres and it is one of the most authentic cultural attractions in Bucharest.^[2]

Hours

Everyday 8 30 AM - 08 PM. On public holidays the visiting hours may differ.

Notable interments

Theodor Aman, painter and illustrator
Ana Aslan, biologist and physician
George Bacovia, writer
Ioan Bălan, bishop
Eugen Barbu, journalist, pamphleteer, polemicist, publicist, novelist, scenarist and politician
Ion Barbu, poet and mathematician
Radu Beligan, actor
Carol Benesch, architect
Ion Besoiu, actor
Andrei Blaier, director and scenarist
Lucian Bolcaș [ro], lawyer and politician
Dimitrie Brândză, botanist
Eusebiu Camilar [ro], writer and translator
Șerban Cantacuzino, actor
Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright, novelist, pamphleteer, theater director, political commentator and journalist
Toma Caragiu, actor
Jules Cazaban, actor
Anda Călugăreanu [ro], actress and singer
Constantin Cândea, chemist
Liviu Ciulei, director, actor, scenographer, architect and professor
Henri Coandă, engineer, physicist, inventor and aviation pioneer
N. D. Cocea, lawyer, writer, journalist, publicist and politician
Corneliu Coposu, politician and founder of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
George Coșbuc, poet, literary critic and translator
Constantin Cristescu, general
Hariclea Darclée, soprano
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, President of the State Council
Anghel Demetriescu, historian and writer
Ovid Densusianu, philologist, linguist, folklorist, literary historian and poet
Ion Diaconescu, politician and anticommunist activist
Gheorghe Dinică, actor
Ion Dolănescu, singer
Corneliu Dragalina, general
Ion Dragalina, general
Mihai Drăgănescu, engineer
Mihai Eminescu, poet, writer and journalist
Paul Everac, playwright
Eugen Filotti, diplomat, publicist and writer
Mihai Fotino, actor
Emil Gârleanu, writer, director, scenarist and journalist
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, mathematician, statistician, teacher and economist
Evlogi and Hristo Georgiev
Dimitrie Gusti, philosopher, sociologist and esthetician
Spiru Haret, mathematician, astronomer and teacher
Iulia Hasdeu, poet
Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros, Spanish military aviator (in 1994 his remnants moved to Spain)
Emil Hossu, actor
Iuliu Hossu, bishop, political prisoner and cardinal
Alexandru Ionescu, (socialist militant)
Nae Ionescu, philosopher, logician, teacher and journalist
Șerban Ionescu, actor
Iorgu Iordan, linguist, philologist and communist politician
Nicolae Iorga, historian, literary critic, librarian, playwright, poet, encyclopedist, memoirist and Prime Minister of Romania
Ștefan Octavian Iosif, poet and translator
Petre Ispirescu, editor, folklorist, storyteller, writer and typographer
Panait Istrati, writer
Nicolae Labiș, poet
Constantin Lecca, painter and drawing teacher
Ștefan Luchian, painter
Alexandru Macedonski, poet, writer, playwright and publicist
Titu Maiorescu, lawyer, writer, philosopher, founder of Junimea and Prime Minister of Romania
Mircea Malița [ro], mathematician, diplomat, essayist
Manea Mănescu, Prime Minister
Lia Manoliu, Olympic athlete
Ștefania Mărăcineanu, physicist
Cornel Medrea, sculptor
Ioan Luchian Mihalea, composer, conductor and television host
Matei Millo, actor
Mina Minovici, forensic scientist
Ion Minulescu, poet and writer
Angela Moldovan, singer
Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, actor
Traian Moșoiu, general
Tudor Mușatescu, poet, writer, playwright and humorist
Mircea Nedelciu, writer
Alexandru Odobescu, writer, archaeologist and politician
Dimitrie Paciurea, sculptor
Zenovie Pâclișanu, historian, diplomat and cleric
Theodor Pallady, painter
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, writer and novelist
Anca Parghel, jazz singer and teacher
Adrian Păunescu, writer, literary critic, essayist, poet, publicist, translator and politician
Amza Pellea, actor
Camil Petrescu, novelist, playwright, philosopher and poet
Cezar Petrescu, novelist, translator and journalist
Gică Petrescu, singer and composer
Adrian Pintea, actor
Florian Pittiș, actor, director, translator and folk singer
David Praporgescu, general
Marin Preda, academician, novelist, writer and communist deputy in the Great National Assembly
Ioana Radu [ro], singer
Dem Rădulescu, actor and professor
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru, philosopher, psychologist, teacher, politician, playwright and theater director
Liviu Rebreanu, writer and playwright
C. A. Rosetti, politician, publicist and leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Radu R. Rosetti, general, military historian, and librarian
Mihail Sadoveanu, writer, storyteller, novelist, academician and politician
Dan Spătaru, singer
Cristina Stamate, actress
Zaharia Stancu, writer, poet, novelist, theater director, journalist and publicist
Nichita Stănescu, poet, writer, essayist
Tatiana Stepa, folk singer
Valeriu Sterian, musician, singer and composer
Laura Stoica, singer, composer and actress
Constantin Tănase, actor
Maria Tănase, singer
Ionel Teodoreanu, novelist and lawyer
Șerban Țițeica, quantum physicist
Mihaela Ursuleasa, pianist
Radu Vasile, historian and Prime Minister of Romania
Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, actor
Iancu Văcărescu, poet
Tudor Vianu, esthetician, literary critic and historian, poet, essayist, philosopher and translator
Aurel Vlaicu, engineer, inventor and aviation pioneer
Alexandru Vlahuță, writer
Traian Vuia, inventor and aviation pioneer
A. D. Xenopol, academician, historian, philosopher, economist, teacher, sociologist and writer