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Politicians, pirates, Mardi Gras Indian chiefs and one voodoo queen rest below.
Grand or humble, each is a relic of the story of New Orleans.
Others are miniature mansions clad in decorative ironwork with angelic guardians.
Some are of crumbling brick and broken marble.
Louis Cemeteries rise from the ground, creating labyrinthine memorials aptly dubbed "cities of the dead." Most are in even rows with quaint street names.
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