The world’s most visited cemetery, Père Lachaise (named after a
confessor of Louis XIV) opened its one-way doors in 1804. Its 69,000
ornate, even ostentatious, tombs of the rich and/or famous form a
verdant, 44-hectare sculpture garden. Among those buried here are
composer Chopin; playwright Molière; poet Apollinaire; writers Balzac,
Proust, Gertrude Stein and Colette; actors Sarah Bernhardt and Yves
Montand; painters Pissarro, Seurat, Modigliani and Delacroix; chanteuse
Édith Piaf; and dancer Isadora Duncan.
Particularly visited graves are those of Oscar Wilde, interred in division 89 in 1900, and 1960s rock star Jim Morrison, who died in a flat at 17–19 rue Beautreillis (4e) in the Marais in 1971 and is buried in division 6.
Particularly visited graves are those of Oscar Wilde, interred in division 89 in 1900, and 1960s rock star Jim Morrison, who died in a flat at 17–19 rue Beautreillis (4e) in the Marais in 1971 and is buried in division 6.
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