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    Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, lit. 'East Cemetery') is the largest...
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    Gaston Lachaise (March 19, 1882 – October 18, 1935) was a French-born sculptor, active in America in the early 20th century. A native of Paris, he is most...
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    Lachaise (French pronunciation: [laʃɛz]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department "Répertoire...
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    Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise (French: Paris, vu des hauteurs du Père Lachaise) is a landscape painting made between 1842 and 1859...
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    In 1804, Napoleon established a cemetery there – the well-known Père Lachaise Cemetery (literally "The Father la Chaise Cemetery"). Thus, his name lives...
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  • Nagle Lachaise (1872–1957) was an American-born, amateur poet, and wife of sculptor Gaston Lachaise active in the early 20th century. Isabel Lachaise was...
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    Père Lachaise (French pronunciation: [pɛʁ laʃɛːz]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 and Line 3 on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements...
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    The Communards’ Wall (French: Mur des Fédérés) at the Père Lachaise cemetery is where 147 Commune soldiers along with another 19 officers were executed...
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    Père-Lachaise and Charonne. In 2019, it had a population of 194,994. The 20th arrondissement is internationally best known for its Père Lachaise Cemetery...
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  • Brongniart – French architect, best known for designing the layout of the Pėre Lachaise Cemetery Pierre Brossolette – French journalist, politician and Résistance...
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    confident, robust nude woman by Gaston Lachaise that was modeled in 1928–1930 and first cast in bronze in 1933. Lachaise created the full-scale model for statue...
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    Victor Noir (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    became a symbol of opposition to the imperial regime. His tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris has become a fertility symbol. He was born Yvan Salmon...
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    athénienne (1854). Domenico Gabrielli (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Père-Lachaise. Les éditions de l'amateur. p. 37. ISBN 978-2859173463. Works by or about...
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    Michelet (1879; designed with architect Jean-Louis Pascal) is in Père Lachaise Cemetery, and in the same year Mercié produced the statue of Arago with...
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    Parmentier and Père Lachaise stations. The station opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of line 3 between Père Lachaise and Villiers.: 18 ...
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    crematoria have columbaria. Examples of these are the columbaria in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and Golders Green Crematorium in London. In other cases...
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  • Lachaise's climbing mouse (Dendromus lachaisei) is a species of climbing mouse described by Denys and Aniskine in 2012. First discovered on the slopes...
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    infrastructure of the city with new fountains, the Canal de l'Ourcq, Père Lachaise Cemetery and the city's first metal bridge, the Pont des Arts. During the...
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    Achille Zavatta (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    suicide in 1993 in Ouzouer-des-Champs, Loiret and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Achille Zavatta : «Le clown est un homme universel»...
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    Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    (1787–1858)". Appl-lachaise.net. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017. English translation of www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article...
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    north-west / south-east axis, it is located between the Couronnes and Père Lachaise stations. The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension...
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    Édith Piaf (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    would think she had died in her hometown. Piaf's body is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where her grave is among the most visited. Shortly after...
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  • Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Montparnasse Cemetery. In the mid-18th century, overcrowding...
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    Colette (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    French woman of letters to be granted the honour, and interred in Père-Lachaise cemetery. Colette was elected to the Belgian Royal Academy (1935), the...
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  • the transferral of his father's remains from Bagneux Cemetery to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Holland resumed his study of law at the age of 22, and...
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  • Christine Fabréga (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
    Christine Fabréga (8 April 1931 in Paris – 11 June 1988) was a French actress and television personality. 1953: Le gang des pianos à bretelles - un mannequin...
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    20th arrondissement. It is roughly defined as the area north of the Père Lachaise Cemetery, south of Parc de Belleville, and between Avenue Jean-Aicard on...
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    Place Gambetta and Place Martin-Nadaud on an east–west axis (between Père Lachaise and Porte de Bagnolet stations); on line 3 bis, north-east of the square...
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    still had artillery at their strongpoints at the Buttes-Chaumont and Père-Lachaise, from which they continued to bombard the regular army forces along the...
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    could recall a patron he had not seen in 20 years. He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery (division 26). Of humble parentage, Beauvilliers worked his way...
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