Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
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English: Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise) (officially, cimetière de l'Est “eastern cemetery”) is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris at 118 acres (48 ha), though there are larger cemeteries in Paris suburbs.
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Maps
[edit]Main gallery: Maps of the Cemetery Père-Lachaise.
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1813 (Brongniart)
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1817
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1828 (Giraldon-Bovinet)
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1875 (Giely)
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1908 (Moiroux)
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1926
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2012 (OpenStreetMap)
Views and some currently unidentified graves
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One of the many entrances to the cemetery
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Chapel of the Cemetery Père-Lachaise
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Looking down the hill at tombstones
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Avenue Circulaire - One of the beautiful avenues of Père Lachaise
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Avenue De La Chapelle
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Avenue
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Overview
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Stairway
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Chemin Errazu
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Avenue in fog
Crematorium and columbarium
[edit]Main categories: Crematorium of the Cemetery Père-Lachaise and Columbarium of the Cemetery Père-Lachaise
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Crématorium, architect Jean Camille Formigé
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Columbarium, architect Jean Camille Formigé
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Columbarium
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Columbarium
Memorials
[edit]Main category: Monuments and memorials in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery
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Aux Mortes Monument, sculptor: Albert Bartholomé
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Memorial to the victims of the repression against the Commune de Paris
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Monument du mur des fédérés
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Memorial to the fighters of the International Brigades (1), sculpted by Jean Gallo
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Monument aux travailleurs municipaux
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Monument aux victimes de juin 1848
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Monuments aux soldats morts en 1870
Famous graves
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Composite image of various aspects of the tomb of Pierre Abélard and Héloïse
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Elisabeth Alexandrovna Stroganoff-Mausoleum, gestaltet von Quaglia
Famous people's graves
[edit]Main categories: Graves in Cemetery Père-Lachaise and Divisions of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Army
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André Masséna, Maréchal d'Empire
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Maréchal Suchet
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Maréchal Lefebvre
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amiral Armand Joseph Bruat, sculpted by Hippolyte Maindron
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grave of Denis Decrès
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Louis Gabriel Suchet. Bust by David d'Angers
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Jacques Nicolas Gobert general, sculpted by Pierre Jean David (main work!)
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Tomb of Marshal Davout, prince d'Eckmuhl, duc d'Auerstaedt
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François Christophe Kellermann (1735-1820), maréchal d'Empire, duc de Valmy + François Étienne Kellermann (1770-1835), général français, duc de Valmy, fils du précédent
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grave of Joachim Murat
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grave of Michel Ney
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Andranik Toros Ozanian, General from Armenia
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général Ruty
Politicians
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grave of Maurice Thorez
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Casimir Perier’s Gravesite
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grave of President Félix Faure, sculpted by René de Saint-Marceaux
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Tombeau de famille Cambacérès
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grave of Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, sculpted by Pierre Jean David d'angers
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Tombe de Louis Auguste Blanqui, gisant oeuvre d'Aimé-Jules Dalou
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général Émile Eudes
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Tombe de Henri Krasucki
Literature
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Grave of Guillaume Apollinaire
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grave of Colette
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grave of Molière
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Marcel Proust's grave
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grave of Alfred de Musset
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Grave of Honoré de Balzac, bust by David d'Angers
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Grave of Edmond About, Sculptor : Gustave Crauk
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grave of Jean de La Fontaine and Molière
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Ludwig Börne, bust sculpted by Pierre Jean David
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Alfred Boucher "l'inspiration" sépulture Burdeau
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Georges Rodenbach, sculpted by Charlotte Besnard
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grave of Eugène Scribe
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Statue du Baron Taylor (1789-1879). sculpted by Gabriel-Jules Thomas
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Tombeau d'Émile Souvestre (1806-1854), buste par Philippe Grass (1801-1876)
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grave of Paul Éluard
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Grave of Allan Kardec
Journalists
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Tombe de Victor Noir, par Jules Dalou
Sportsmen
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[edit]Engineers
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Jean-Charles Alphand, bust by Jules Coutan
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Grave of Édouard Branly
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Grave of Abraham Louis Breguet
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grave of Zénobe Gramme, sculpted by Mathurin Moreau
Mathematicians
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grave of Gaspard Monge
Medecine
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Jules Auguste Béclard, sculpted by Gustave Crauk
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Samuel Hahnemann's gravesite.Bust by David d'Angers
Physicians
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Tombe du phycisien et astronome François Arago
Spiritualist
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Tombe d'Allan_Kardec de son vrai nom Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail,
Art
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[edit]Engravers
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grave of Vivant Denon, sculptor: Pierre Cartellier
Sculptors
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Grave of Antoine-Louis Barye
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Tomb of Pierre Gareau; François Milhomme: Sorrow, ca 1816
Painters
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Grave of Paul Baudry. Sculptor Paul Dubois (1829-1905)
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grave of Eugène Delacroix
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Tombeau de Théodore Géricault réalisé par Antoine Étex
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Grave of Ingres
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Grave of Edmond Yon
Music
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George Enescu
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Jacqueline Giraud
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Reynaldo Hahn
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Jim Morrison's grave
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Anton ReichaCzech composer
Cinema
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Simone Signoret with Yves Montand
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Grave of Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Humorists
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grave of Pierre Desproges
Workers and restauration
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Tomb of Abelard and Heloise undergoing restoration
Fauna and flora
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Carrion Crow
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Rooster
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Cat
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London Plane
Crosses
[edit]Main category: Crosses in the Cemetery Père-Lachaise
Stained glass windows
[edit]Main category: Stained glass windows of Père Lachaise Cemetery
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Joseph Vantillard, 1883
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Maison Collinet
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Henri Mathieu, 1876
In the 1900s
[edit]Main category: Cemetery Père-Lachaise in the 19th century
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Abélard et Héloïse's tombstone, by Eugène Atget (1900)
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Denis Decrès's tombstone, Atget (1900)
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Jacques Nicolas Gobert's tombstone, Atget (1900)
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François-Vincent Raspail's tombstone, Atget (1900)
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1914
Art
[edit]Paintings
[edit]Main category: Paintings of the Cemetery Père-Lachaise
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Chalon, 1822
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Courvoisier, 1815
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Courvoisier
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Philippoteaux, 1871
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Repin, 1883
Drawings
[edit]Main category: Drawings of the Cemetery Père-Lachaise
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Civeton, 1829
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Civeton, 1829
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Civeton, 1829
Engravings
[edit]Main category: Engravings of the Cemetery Père-Lachaise
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Brongniart, 1814
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Couché after Civeton
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William Miller after William Turner, 1836
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Félix Benoist
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1871
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Pierre Petiti, 1887