The Central Cemetery in Chisinau was founded in 1811. In 1818 the Church of All Saints was built on its territory.

Nowadays the cemetery is located in the triangle of Alexei Mateevici (former Sadovaia), Vasile Alecsandri (former Kotovski) and Panteleimon Halippa streets.

The only entrance/exit is from the street. A. Mateevici, and from its gate starts Armenian Street. That is why the cemetery is called Armenian Cemetery.

Today the Central Cemetery is the most honorable and official cemetery in the city. In the special places of the Central Cemetery within the limits of availability, at the proposal of some public institutions, the mayor general approves the distribution or concession of plots for the burial of outstanding personalities of the Republic of Moldova. The right to reserve plots in the Central Cemetery shall also be granted to the first-degree relatives of persons who have died and are buried there, on the basis of documents confirming the degree of kinship. Where appropriate, the burial of relatives in the same graves is allowed.

Here we find destined names, buried for eternity – Maria Biesu, Ion and Doina Aldea-Teodorovici, Grigore Vieru, Alexe Mateevici, Nicolae Sulac, Ion Vatamanu, Leonida Lari, Natalia Dadiani, Alexandru Plămădeală, Grigore Grigoriu, Timofei Moșneaga, Vladimir Herța, as well as other famous names of our glorious past …