Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris at 44 hectares or 110 acres.
With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world.
The Père Lachaise is located in the 20th arrondissement and was the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal cemetery in Paris.
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The cemetery of Père Lachaise opened in 1804 and takes its name from the confessor to Louis XIV, Père François de la Chaise (1624–1709), who lived in the Jesuit house rebuilt during 1682 on the site of the chapel.
Tomb of Anatole de la Forge.
Journaliste and politician.
The tombe is located in division 66.
Tomb of Charles Floquet.
Politician, lawyer, Member of Parliament, Prefect, Senator, Minister, President of the Council of Ministers.
The tomb is located in division 66.
Tombe of Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès. A French magician, actor, and film director.
The tomb is located in division 64.
Tomb of Édith Piaf .
She was a French singer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres.
The tomb is located in division 97.
Mauthausen Memorial.
World War II memorial.
Buchenwald memorial.
Tomb of Oscar Wilde.
The tombe is one of the most revered in Paris cemetery.
The funerary sculpture of Oscar Wilde’s tomb, called “Flying Demon Angel.
The tombe is in the 89th division.
Tomb of Molière.
A French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature.
The tomb is located in division 25.
Tombe of Jim Morrison.
Doors singer, songwriter-performer, poet.
The tomb is located in division 06.
Tomb of Frédéric François Chopin, a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist.
The tomb is located in division 11.
Tomb of Jean Carriès.
A French sculptor and ceramist.
The tomb is located in the 12th division.
Tomb of Violaine Vayoneke.
Writer, poet.
The only living person with a tomb.
The tomb is located in division 21.
Tomb of Alain Baschung.
A French singer.
The tomb is located in the 13th division.
Arman.
French American painter.
The tomb is located in the 11th division.
Tomb of Fernand Arbelot, architect, representing a recumbent figure, a man holding a woman’s mask in a mirror.
The tomb is located in division 11.
Victor Noir, a French journalist, was killed at the age of 21 for publishing an insulting article about Napoleon 1st’s nephew
Tomb of Félix Faure, President of the Republic in 1841-1899.
The tomb is located in the 4th division.
Tomb of Karel Appel.
Dutch painter.
The tomb is located in the 22th division
Tombe of Gilbert Becaud.
A French singer.
The tomb is located in the 45th division’
Tombe of Victor Schoelcherl, liberator of the slaves, and his father Marc Schoelcher 1766-1832 were solemnly transferred to the Panthéon on 20 May 1949.
The tomb is located in the 50th division
Tomb of Ticky Holgado, French actor.
The tomb is located in the 45th division
Tombe of Alfred Musset, French writer.
The tomb is located in the 4th division.