One of the first celebrities to be buried there was the original Dracula – Hungarian born Bela Lugosi. Dedicated to Saint Bernadette, grottos featuring artificial caves, waterfalls, statues of Mary, and often Bernadette herself, are important spots of veneration at many Catholic cemeteries.Once the elaborate grotto at Holy Cross was constructed, it became the most desirable real estate for departed SoCal Catholics. Kado began work on the cemeteries impressive grotto.
In 1954, a Japanese-American artist named Ryozo F. The land was touted to have an “excellent drainage system … and supplied with abundant water,” and to have “been carried out in accordance with modern, approved trends in Memorial Park development.” Monuments and vaults were not permitted, only flat grave markers.
In 1939, the newly created Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego opened Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, on almost 200 acres of small rolling hills that had been part of the large land grant of Rancho La Ballona.
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY MARY STATUE MOVIE
This large Catholic cemetery is the final resting place of movie stars including Sharon Tate, Rita Hayworth, Bing Crosby, Zasu Pitts, Rosalind Russell, and Dracula himself (aka Bela Lugosi).
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