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Paris Cemeteries: Cemetery Guide Maps
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Maps are usually available at the. Office of most of the larger cemeteries in Paris. These are not typically the best guides, particularly for a cemetery as large as Père-Lachaise. In fact, there are "non-official" maps available for purchase at vendors just outside the entrances to Père-Lachaise. The best map is probably the. Map, which is often for sale at the entrance just across from the Père-Lachaise Metro stop. Has a wonderful interactive map feature. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Unexplored Paris by...
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Paris Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is the oldest burial ground in Paris? That’s a tricky question since people have been buried in what is now Paris since prehistoric times. The largest, and most famous of all burial grounds, was the medieval Cimetière des Saints Innocents, right in the heart of the city, where Les Halles is today. It was closed in the late 18th century and the bones stored in the nearby charnel house were removed to what is now the Paris Catacombs. 8, boulevard de Ménilmontant. If a grave has not been tended in a w...
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Paris Cemeteries: Information
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The city's oldest and largest cemetery,. Le cimetière des Innocents. Opened to the public in the 4th century and by the end of the 18th century reportedly contained the remains of more than 6 million Parisians. Although individual sepulchers were occasionally used, most were buried in large mass graves. (It is reported in a five-week period in 1498 some 50,000 Parisians perished from the plague and were interred in enormous mass graves in. Le cimetière d’Est,. Le cimetière du Calvaire. Most of the city's...
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Paris Cemeteries: Books about Paris Cemeteries
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Books about Paris Cemeteries. Ugh the cemeteries of Paris are some of the most visited sites in the city - more than a 1.5 million tourists visit Pere Lachaise each year alone - there is only one guidebook available in English. Odd, but true. As you might expect, the best guidebooks are in French and most deal with just Pere-Lachaise Cemetery. Au Père-Lachaise: Son Histoire, ses secrets, ses promenades,. 2010) by Fabrice de Routou and Charles-Edouard Gambier. Guide des Cimetières Parisien. 2007) by Valve...
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Paris Cemeteries: August 2015
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Sunday, August 30, 2015. Ferdinand Barbedienne - division 53 Pere-Lachaise. Saturday, August 29, 2015. Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now. Louis Nicolas d'Avout (usually spelled Davout or Davoust, 1770-1823) was a Marshal of the Empire and reportedly one of Napoleon's most loyal commanders. His is buried in division 28 nears Marshals Massena and Lefebvre. 2006 by Steve Soper. Sunday, August 23, 2015. Louis Charles Delescluze - division 49 Pere-Lachaise. Andre Massena ...
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Paris Cemeteries: Mouroult de Villeneuve - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now
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Saturday, August 08, 2015. Mouroult de Villeneuve - division 28 Pere-Lachaise - then and now. The Mouroult de Villeneuve family vault is a good example of how dramatically the ground of the cemetery has changed over the years. The print is by Quaglia, in 1832:. And today (2015), more or less:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Guide to 1,165 Works of Art in Père-Lachaise. Stories in Stone Paris by Doug Keister. Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Doug Keister. Mouro...
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Paris Cemeteries: Boieldieu - division 11 Pere-Lachaise
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Sunday, May 03, 2015. Boieldieu - division 11 Pere-Lachaise. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Guide to 1,165 Works of Art in Père-Lachaise. Stories in Stone Paris by Doug Keister. Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Doug Keister. Unexplored Paris by Trouilleux Rodolphe. Books about Paris Cemteries. Guide des Cimetieres Parisiens by Jacques Barozzi. Guide des Curiosites Funeraires a Paris by Anne-Marie Minvielle. Le Cimetiere Montparnasse by Marie-Laure Pierard.
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Paris Cemeteries: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Nast - division 37 Pere-Lachaise. Saturday, March 28, 2015. The Paris Cemeteries website has a brand new look! That's right, it's all brand new for 2015! You can see the redesign and updated information by visiting www.pariscemeteries.com. Père-Lachaise, c. 1815 reportedly by Courvoisier. Sunday, March 22, 2015. Ravrio - division 10 Pere-Lachaise. Sunday, March 15, 2015. Chopin on his death bed by Barrias - division 11 Pere-lachaise. Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Sunday, March 08, 2015.
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Paris Cemeteries: Bellini - division 11 Pere-Lachaise
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. Bellini - division 11 Pere-Lachaise. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Guide to 1,165 Works of Art in Père-Lachaise. Stories in Stone Paris by Doug Keister. Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Doug Keister. Unexplored Paris by Trouilleux Rodolphe. Books about Paris Cemteries. Guide des Cimetieres Parisiens by Jacques Barozzi. Guide des Curiosites Funeraires a Paris by Anne-Marie Minvielle. Le Cimetiere Montparnasse by Marie-Laure Pierard.
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Paris Cemeteries: February 2015
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Saturday, February 28, 2015. A Woman's First Impressions of Europe," by Mrs. E. A. Forbes, 1863. A Woman's First Impressions of Europe," by Mrs. E. A. Forbes, 1863. Most of the monuments consist of small chapels, like boxes, in close contiguity, within which are hung garlands of immortelles. We looked into the Jews' burial ground, which seems beautifully kept, with a quiet, un-Frenchy seclusion-the monument of Rachel is near its entrance. We saw the tombs of various French authors, and the statue of ...
