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Thursday, September 19, 2013

PLACES | père lachaise cemetery







Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest and most famous cemetary in the city of Paris. It was a an interesting experience to visit Père Lachaise. In fact, I think this I think I can count this graveyard as one of the most beautiful spots in Paris.  

"The gravesites at Père Lachaise range from a simple, unadorned headstone to towering monuments and even elaborate mini chapels dedicated to the memory of a well-known person or family. Many of the tombs are about the size and shape of a telephone booth, with just enough space for a mourner to step inside, kneel to say a prayer, and leave some flowers.


The cemetery manages to squeeze an increasing number of bodies into a finite and already crowded space. One way it does this is by combining the remains of multiple family members in the same grave. At Père Lachaise, it is not uncommon to reopen a grave after a body has decomposed and inter another coffin. Some family mausoleums or multi-family tombs contain dozens of bodies, often in several separate but contiguous graves. Shelves are usually fitted out to accommodate them" (via wikipedia)


Père Lachaise Cemetery is also the gravesite of many famous men and women. Here you’ll see the graves of celebrities like Antonio de La Gandara, Honoré de Balzac, Sarah Bernhardt, Frédéric Chopin, Jim Morrison, Édith Piaf, Camille Pissarro, Gertrude Stein, and Oscar Wilde.

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