Cemetery #8582
Bellu Cemetery
Local name: Cimitirul Bellu
Also known as Bellu Catholic Cemetery · Serban Voda Cemetery · Cimitirul Serban Voda · Friedhof Șerban Vodă · Cimitirul Catolic "Bellu" · Bucharest Military Cemetery · Cimitirul Militar, Bucharest
3
documented records
≈ 4,000–8,100
approx. capacity (graves)
0.202 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Bellu Cemetery, formally Șerban Vodă Cemetery, opened in 1858 in Bucharest and is regarded as the largest and most famous cemetery in Romania. It covers roughly 30 hectares in the city's sector 4. Many figures from Romania's cultural and political elite are buried there, and its monuments have led to it being described as an open-air museum. The cemetery can be found online through accu.ro.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 44.403809° N, 26.099686° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
3 memorials, A–Z by surname.
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- De Rit Spaniol Jewish Cemetery 330 m away · Bucharest
- Bellu Catholic Cemetery 330 m away · Bucharest
- Eroii Revoluţiei Cemetery 370 m away · Bucharest
- Bucharest Evangelical Churchyard 510 m away · 50371 București
- Pro Patria Heroes' Cemetery 530 m away · Bucharest
- Graveyard București 1.2 km away · București
- Buna Vestire Cemetery 2.3 km away · Bucharest
- Cărămidarii de Jos Cemetery 2.3 km away · București
- Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery, Bucharest 2.5 km away · Bucharest
- Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery, Bucharest 2.5 km away · Bucharest
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Common questions
How big is Bellu Cemetery?
Bellu Cemetery covers about 20.2 hectares (202,000 m²), about the same size as Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen. It is the largest of the 107 cemeteries we list in Bucuresti.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Bellu Cemetery is that of Sanja Rodica Sava, who died in 1999 at the age of 43.