Père Lachaise Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise [simtjɛʁ dy pɛʁ laʃɛːz]; formerly cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery...
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of 1871; cenotaphs on Federated Wall in northeast corner of the Père Lachaise Cemetery and outside the wall in the Square Samuel de Champlain Pierre Dac...
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Père Lachaise Cemetery where 147 Communards were executed, commonly known as the Communards' Wall. Memorial commemorations are held at the cemetery every...
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in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Montparnasse Cemetery. In the mid-18th century, overcrowding in the cemeteries of Paris had created...
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Montmartre Cemetery in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. Montparnasse as well as Père Lachaise and Montmartre...
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Communards' Wall (category Cemeteries in Paris)
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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Oscar Wilde (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Paris; in 1909 his remains were disinterred and transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery, inside the city. His tomb there was designed by Sir Jacob Epstein...
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and 54,786 jobs as of the last census in 1999. Parc de Belleville Père Lachaise Cemetery Containing the tombs of many famous artists: composers (such as...
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brought to a cemetery by large truck. Many modern crematoria have columbaria. Examples of these are the columbaria in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and...
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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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London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederick Carden. The cemetery opened in 1833 and comprises...
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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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Frédéric Chopin (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
The organist was Alfred Lefébure-Wély. The funeral procession to Père Lachaise Cemetery, which included Chopin's sister Ludwika, was led by the aged Prince...
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Jim Morrison (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
in Los Angeles, well before Paris 1971. Morrison was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, one of the city's most visited tourist attractions, where...
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at Passy where she died in 1818, aged 59. She is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. In the 2015 BBC2 television film, The Scandalous Lady...
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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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Panthéon (category Cemeteries in Paris)
Hippodrome Cemeteries Montmartre Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery Passy Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery Oscar Wilde's tomb Picpus Cemetery Région parisienne...
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Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and Kensal Green Cemetery in London. Funerals are conducted Monday to Saturday. The land on which Waverley Cemetery is...
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in Brussels in 1848. Pleyel died in 1855 and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Rue Pleyel in the 12th arrondissement is named in his...
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Nicole Berger (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
crash, which ended her career as a singer. Berger's tomb is in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. 1952: Jocelyn (by Jacques de...
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Gertrude Stein (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. She was interred in Paris in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Later Alice B. Toklas was buried alongside her. Famously, one version...
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Marcel Proust (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
pneumonia and a pulmonary abscess in 1922. He was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Proust is known to have been homosexual; his sexuality...
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Catacombs of Paris (category Cemeteries in Paris)
overflowing cemeteries. Preparation work began shortly after a 1774 series of basement wall collapses around the Holy Innocents' Cemetery added a sense...
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Mahmoud Hamshari (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
He died in the hospital on 9 January 1973. He was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, which was visited by the PLO leader Yasser Arafat on 3 May...
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Oscar Wilde's tomb (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Oscar Wilde's tomb is located in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France. It took nine to ten months to complete by the sculptor Jacob Epstein, with an accompanying...
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Cemetery was built in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. Passy Cemetery was a later addition, but has its...
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Pierre Bourdieu (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Pierre Bourdieu (French: [buʁdjø]; 1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bourdieu's contributions to the sociology...
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Adolphe Thiers (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Haxo. The fighting continued through 28 May, until the capture of Père Lachaise cemetery and the city hall of the 11th arrondissement. On the 29th the last...
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Jacques de Bascher (category Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery)
intimate, family-only funeral Mass took place in the chapel of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery; a second Mass was celebrated in the chapel of Le Mée-sur-Seine...
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Jean-Christophe Camus. Camus died in Paris and is buried there in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Champions Juniors (1951) – writer Fugitive in Saigon (1957) – director...
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