2024

CEMETERY FOR DEPORTEES

Cemetery to visit
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The island had five villages of deportees, most of whom never returned to France. 230 graves were built to accommodate the remains of victims of scurvy and deserters who drowned in the lagoon. No need to look for the graves, only a white stele was built by the convicts in homage to their companions. The cemetery of the administrators, where the former employees of the prison are buried in tombs carved in the coral, is just next door. Ask for permission before crossing.

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